BANGKOK, Aug 2 (TNA) - The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters, an anti-government coalition, on Saturday morning marched to the Thai capital's revered Temple of the Emerald Buddha to oppose the government's plan to amend the constitution and for Thailand to regain the Preah Vihear temple from Cambodia.
More than 200 democracy-activist PAD security guards provided security as the demonstrators marched from their main protest site at Makkawan Bridge, passing by the Democracy Monument to go to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Historically the private chapel of the kings of the present Chakri dynasty, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha is the spiritual 'heart' of Thailand.
The number of Bangkok police on duty has also been reinforced to make sure that pro-government groups would not attack the anti-government PAD during its demonstration.
More PAD supporters from upcountry joined the rally late Friday amid a downpour.
The 11th century Preah Vihear temple was awarded to Cambodia by the International Court of Justice in 1962 and was declared a World Heritage site in early July. The two neighbouring countries are now locked in a dispute over a 4.6-square-kilometre overlapping zone surrounding the temple.
PAD demonstrators led by another core leader, Sondhi Limthongkul, on Friday held a ritual ceremony and sought a 'blessing from the sun' during Friday's eclipse, with the purpose of driving away evil and that Thailand could get back Preah Vihear temple.
The event was held after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's wife hosted a ritual at the Preah Vihear temple, also on Friday, to bless her country with good luck and to also give it power for its dispute with Thailand.
More than 200 democracy-activist PAD security guards provided security as the demonstrators marched from their main protest site at Makkawan Bridge, passing by the Democracy Monument to go to the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Historically the private chapel of the kings of the present Chakri dynasty, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha is the spiritual 'heart' of Thailand.
The number of Bangkok police on duty has also been reinforced to make sure that pro-government groups would not attack the anti-government PAD during its demonstration.
More PAD supporters from upcountry joined the rally late Friday amid a downpour.
The 11th century Preah Vihear temple was awarded to Cambodia by the International Court of Justice in 1962 and was declared a World Heritage site in early July. The two neighbouring countries are now locked in a dispute over a 4.6-square-kilometre overlapping zone surrounding the temple.
PAD demonstrators led by another core leader, Sondhi Limthongkul, on Friday held a ritual ceremony and sought a 'blessing from the sun' during Friday's eclipse, with the purpose of driving away evil and that Thailand could get back Preah Vihear temple.
The event was held after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's wife hosted a ritual at the Preah Vihear temple, also on Friday, to bless her country with good luck and to also give it power for its dispute with Thailand.
11 comments:
What Thailand wants to regain?
preah Vihear never ever belonged to Thai's culture.we appreciate so much that Thais love cambodian culture and want it so much to be theirs.
start building your own, please!!
Neang SA
PAD is Thailand Pol Pot. They want Thailand to be destroyed by warfare that why they have insiste of trying to conquer Preah Vihear. They should look at the mirror themselve if they can swallow Preah Vihear from Cambodia or not? They must be one factor of Thailand destruction in the near future. They should immagine that, if any war errupte with Cambodia, vietnam will launch to attack them by distinguishing as khmer army. They will take Bangkok with one week. Areak Prey
Ah na ko daoy aoy tae chang ban dey khmae sot tae ah chaor prey kmean dey nov.
ming siam, ming thai, ming may mi thi you, ming av din khong kampucha, diev nis ming yak day pra vihan khong khen ik.
Ah chaor luoch dey ke krub knea. Puok ahaeng kmean dey nov te knong asi akney nis, ah siam ach kri.
Pi anh
Thank you Ah Siams, Thieves, to make Cambodia more famous in the world.
But Who built Preah Vihear Temple? Your fucking king, leader or government??? Don't dream, Buddha will condemn you, UN will hang you up at the international court(ICJ)
Why dont you build yourown temple for fucking people? Why don't you solve your internal problem? You know that BANGKOK GOVERNMENT WILL BE ABOLISHED and Muslims will bomb you at any time.
Don't dream PAD, Ah SIAM[THIEVES]
LONG LIVES KHMER!!!
TRUE KHMER
To these day of modern time there is no way that the world lead or UN let the stupid Thai act uneducate to conqurer the neighbor's land.
PAD dreams on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You will be defeated!!
The trouble maker Thailand is still acting up, making a century old stories to demand something that never theirs. ONLY the Thick face Thailand got the gut to do so in the face of the world community.
Thai tries to fool themselves and the world by calling Preah Vihear a Hindu temple. This temple is a Khmer temple built by Khmer King Soriyavarman II, not by a Hindu person from India. Wise up Thai, the World can't be fooled.
With all the comments I read thus far with respect to the Thai's incursion (or invasion) into our (Khmer) sovereignty, yet I'm perplexedly confounded with the fact that our prime minister is still kowtowing the Thai government in lieu of introducing draconian measures in an effort to pressure the Thai government to protect our sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Khmer farmer
not until thailand return all of our khmer provinces back to cambodia. remember there is no such thing as thailand during the khmer empire!!!! so what is the big idea stealing from cambodia? go back to nan chao or whatever!!!! people like you thieves race aren't welcome in cambodia!!!!!
All the PAD members will be died soon because they commit a lot of sin.
I tried not to comment on this thing but it just make me LOL to read the article.
What the PAD so fear about the spirit from Preah Vihear if they claim Preah Vihear is their? What does it mean when it say spirit from Preah Vihear is evil?
What a retard SIAM[THIEVES] nation?
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