Written by Thet Sambath
The Phnom Penh Post
Ta Moan Thom temple to be linked to nearby town, will be closer to soldiers
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered military engineers to build a new 9km road from Prey Veng village in Oddar Meanchey province to the Ta Moan Thom temple complex near the Thai-Cambodian border in a cabinet meeting last week.
Funding for the road will come from a foundation established by the Cambodia Television Network (CTN) to provide support for troops currently stationed along the border, said Tok Kimsay, director of the foundation.
"We are appealing to the general public and to wealthy donors to help fund the road to Ta Moan Thom," Tok Kimsay said. "We believe people will contribute because the road will help protect the sovereignty of the Kingdom."
Thai soldiers occupied the Ta Moan Thom temple complex following an escalation in the dispute at Preah Vihear that began in July. They withdrew on August 5 after an agreement was reached between Thai and Cambodian leaders in Oddar Meanchey province, but appear to have reoccupied the ruins over the weekend, military commanders say.
The new road will run from Prey Veng village to a checkpoint gate constructed by Thai forces to prevent civilians and soldiers from accessing the temple.
Heavy rains have made access to the area difficult for soldiers and local residents. "Now we can reach the temple only by tractor or on foot," said Ho Bunthy, deputy commander of Border Military Unit 402.
"Our soldiers have been guarding the temple for years, and we've had to do so on foot during the rainy season. The new road will help us more effectively defend the border."
CTN's Tok Kimsay said the lack of roads prevented Cambodian soldiers from getting to the site quickly and allowed Thai soldiers to strengthen their foothold at the temple.
He added that the CTN foundation has already received nearly US$400,000, which it has used to purchase food and supplies for soldiers at Preah Vihear, Anlong Veng district and Ta Moan Thom.
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered military engineers to build a new 9km road from Prey Veng village in Oddar Meanchey province to the Ta Moan Thom temple complex near the Thai-Cambodian border in a cabinet meeting last week.
Funding for the road will come from a foundation established by the Cambodia Television Network (CTN) to provide support for troops currently stationed along the border, said Tok Kimsay, director of the foundation.
"We are appealing to the general public and to wealthy donors to help fund the road to Ta Moan Thom," Tok Kimsay said. "We believe people will contribute because the road will help protect the sovereignty of the Kingdom."
Thai soldiers occupied the Ta Moan Thom temple complex following an escalation in the dispute at Preah Vihear that began in July. They withdrew on August 5 after an agreement was reached between Thai and Cambodian leaders in Oddar Meanchey province, but appear to have reoccupied the ruins over the weekend, military commanders say.
The new road will run from Prey Veng village to a checkpoint gate constructed by Thai forces to prevent civilians and soldiers from accessing the temple.
Heavy rains have made access to the area difficult for soldiers and local residents. "Now we can reach the temple only by tractor or on foot," said Ho Bunthy, deputy commander of Border Military Unit 402.
"Our soldiers have been guarding the temple for years, and we've had to do so on foot during the rainy season. The new road will help us more effectively defend the border."
CTN's Tok Kimsay said the lack of roads prevented Cambodian soldiers from getting to the site quickly and allowed Thai soldiers to strengthen their foothold at the temple.
He added that the CTN foundation has already received nearly US$400,000, which it has used to purchase food and supplies for soldiers at Preah Vihear, Anlong Veng district and Ta Moan Thom.
9 comments:
How about we sell Hun Chea' Cadillac, the plate is gone so nobody know?
It seems to me that everybody --including Hun Sen -- pays so much attention to the problems with Cambodia-Thailand borders; but I never heard Hun Sen said anything about problems with Cambodia-Viet Nam borders. And how about all those poor Cambodians whose lands were robbed by the "Richs" and "Powerfuls"?. If were those poor Cambodians I wouldn't give a damned about these Khmer-Thai borders situations because even inside of Cambodia they couldn't even keep small pieces of land that they live on since the early 80's. Any Justice for the little guys?
Hun Sen can afford the road. Why don't he pay for it? Not good to get money from the poor to build road.
Look! Hun Sen's people never pay a penny from their own pocket to build roads. Some cases they swap huge forest with temporary earth road. Sampling road from Snuol to Mondulkiri is an example. Now they use Chinese loan to rebuild it. To have one road they destroy forest and loan from China (Sampling company is Chinese company). So far, CCP led government has borrowed more than US$ 1,000 millions to build roads and always say it's donation from Hun Sen, sic.
If they generous enough why did they appeal for public donation?
Dear compatriots, not to be cheated again and again, according to BTV appeal the unit cost of concrete sufacing road to the temple is about US$55/msq. It's very high cost. Best practices show that it's around US$ 20/msq only. Ask the value of your money.
Parriot(spokeman=Spokegay=P0rte Parole) just talks not Do..
Do you believe him??
and do Thai Allow to build wall...? thais will send troop more to obstacle the works..
See: GPS has brokeb by Thai Army...
More troop to evict more than 140 families to pull out from their own residences...
Strong man Keep quiet and soft...
Thais study the trend of Cambodia Govt. and will win all situation....
The Parriot said: ".... the main thing is to avoid war..." People do not like war world wide But the War is to protect their own territory is needed... and no regret to sacrifice..." .......
And if NOT war Why not to UN.... "To UN means PEACEFUL MEANS.."
See pictures of fire People's residence by Authority... not different from Thai Behaviour to Cam-Govt....
Achar Knoy, Phd. from Pahok Chamroeurn aVichea Univ. PPenh
and Peace Nobel Prize winner 4000
(By scrificing their own Land to ennemies)
To 1:31am
Do not worry VN-Cam Border issue and Thai-Cam Issue is the same... talks first later on Quiet step by step...
Later we will call Thai as Big Brother Not Siam again as of Youn and Vietnam...
AH HUN XEN is a blind man behind time and no matter what he does he will always behind in his reasoning and logic! Cambodia is very unfortunate to have him as a leader!
Why Cambodian people continue to fight just to live at Thaicong and the Vietcong feet? There is no reason for this!
useless to build the road to the place that doesen't belong to hun sen anymore now.belongs to smagr already.
the Preah Vihan wall should be named..Decho's Greatest wall " as in the Phillipines , Marcos Highway- Manila to Baguio along the valley and mountanous region..
Excellency bandit Achar Knoy -Phd from Pahok Chamreourn aVichea Univ. PPenh
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