Mr. Tharit Charungrat, spokesman for the Thai Foreign Ministry.Koh Santepheap newspaper
9th January, 2009
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Cambodia has on the 8th of January summoned the Thai ambassador to protest over the Thai denial of entry to Thailand of 269 Cambodian passengers on board the Jupiter Cruise ship who are holders of diplomatic passports and Thai visas.
The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported by quoting Mr. Soth Sophin, chairman of the Lam and Bothers company who organised the Jupiter Cruise to Thailand as saying that the Jupiter Cruise ship left Cambodia’s Kompong Som seaport for the Thai seaports of Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket with more than 400 passengers. He added that the Thai authority barred about 269 Cambodian passengers with proper Thai visas from disembarking but allowed all the Chinese and Vietnamese passengers to disembark.
The Cambodia Daily reported that “The majority of the passengers carried Thai visas, but still the Thai authority did not allow them to enter their country (Thailand).”
Mr. Benson Samay, attorney for the Jupiter Cruise, said that most of the passengers who joined the launch of the first leg of the Jupiter Cruise are very angry with the Thai authority for not allowing them entry to Thailand.
He said: “The launch of the cruise has turned into a disaster.” Mr. Benson Samay added that the passengers include senators, military generals, judges and senior government officials who hold diplomatic passports. He added that he believe that the Thai denial of entry for the Cambodian passengers into Thailand was linked to the Preah Vihear disputes.
Mr. Tharit Charungrat, head of information and spokesman for the Thai Foreign Ministry said through an email that his ministry was unaware of the incident which took place on 25th of December, 2008. He wrote in his email: “ The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs was unaware of the incident which took place on the 25th of December, 2008 or any discriminations by the Thai authority on the Cambodian people.” He added that it seemed that such incident did not happen.
Mr. Tharungrat’s email continued: “As a principle, the Thai immigration authority will facilitate the entry to Thailand without any discriminations against any nationality if they (tourists) have proper visas. Thailand consider Cambodia as our neighbour among other neighbours, so in a normal circumstance there is no reason for us to bar them from entering Thailand.”
Despite his defence of the actions of the Thai authority, Mr. Tharungrat said “However, the Thai authority will launch an investigation if there is a detailed diplomatic protest (from Cambodia).”
On 8th of January, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Thai ambassador to lodge a diplomatic protest over the incident.
Mr. Ung Sean, Secretary of State of Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Thai ambassador that Cambodia is not happy, is regrettable and cannot accept this incident and has demanded that the Thai authority investigate this incident thoroughly. The Thai ambassador did not provide prompt answers by just saying that they will make inquiry with the Thai government first before providing any answers.
Mr. Long Visalo, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told The Cambodia Daily that his department has investigated and found out that the Thai authority indeed banned the 257 Cambodian passengers who hold Thai visas from entering Thailand. He added that the reasons that the Thai authority banned the Cambodian passengers from entering into their country was because they are afraid that the Cambodians will pose security concerns to their country. He added that the Thai authority demanded the passengers to pay $1500 for the permission to enter Thai territories and this bond money can only be withdrawn after 3 months. So all the passengers refused to pay the bond money and decided to return home to Cambodia.
Mr. Long Visalo added that Cambodia has lodged a complaint regarding Thailand’s violation of the Memorandum of Understanding on a visa agreement between the two countries which stated that diplomatic and official passport holders must be exempted from carrying a visa. Furthermore, under international laws if the embassy of the country had already provided the visas to the tourists, those tourists must be allowed to enter that country without obstacle.
According to Mr. Long Visalo, there are more than 10 senior government officials travelling on board the Jupiter Cruise ship, but until now no one among the more than 10 officials has lodged a complaint to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yet.//
9th January, 2009
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Cambodia has on the 8th of January summoned the Thai ambassador to protest over the Thai denial of entry to Thailand of 269 Cambodian passengers on board the Jupiter Cruise ship who are holders of diplomatic passports and Thai visas.
The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported by quoting Mr. Soth Sophin, chairman of the Lam and Bothers company who organised the Jupiter Cruise to Thailand as saying that the Jupiter Cruise ship left Cambodia’s Kompong Som seaport for the Thai seaports of Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket with more than 400 passengers. He added that the Thai authority barred about 269 Cambodian passengers with proper Thai visas from disembarking but allowed all the Chinese and Vietnamese passengers to disembark.
The Cambodia Daily reported that “The majority of the passengers carried Thai visas, but still the Thai authority did not allow them to enter their country (Thailand).”
Mr. Benson Samay, attorney for the Jupiter Cruise, said that most of the passengers who joined the launch of the first leg of the Jupiter Cruise are very angry with the Thai authority for not allowing them entry to Thailand.
He said: “The launch of the cruise has turned into a disaster.” Mr. Benson Samay added that the passengers include senators, military generals, judges and senior government officials who hold diplomatic passports. He added that he believe that the Thai denial of entry for the Cambodian passengers into Thailand was linked to the Preah Vihear disputes.
Mr. Tharit Charungrat, head of information and spokesman for the Thai Foreign Ministry said through an email that his ministry was unaware of the incident which took place on 25th of December, 2008. He wrote in his email: “ The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs was unaware of the incident which took place on the 25th of December, 2008 or any discriminations by the Thai authority on the Cambodian people.” He added that it seemed that such incident did not happen.
Mr. Tharungrat’s email continued: “As a principle, the Thai immigration authority will facilitate the entry to Thailand without any discriminations against any nationality if they (tourists) have proper visas. Thailand consider Cambodia as our neighbour among other neighbours, so in a normal circumstance there is no reason for us to bar them from entering Thailand.”
Despite his defence of the actions of the Thai authority, Mr. Tharungrat said “However, the Thai authority will launch an investigation if there is a detailed diplomatic protest (from Cambodia).”
On 8th of January, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Thai ambassador to lodge a diplomatic protest over the incident.
Mr. Ung Sean, Secretary of State of Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Thai ambassador that Cambodia is not happy, is regrettable and cannot accept this incident and has demanded that the Thai authority investigate this incident thoroughly. The Thai ambassador did not provide prompt answers by just saying that they will make inquiry with the Thai government first before providing any answers.
Mr. Long Visalo, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told The Cambodia Daily that his department has investigated and found out that the Thai authority indeed banned the 257 Cambodian passengers who hold Thai visas from entering Thailand. He added that the reasons that the Thai authority banned the Cambodian passengers from entering into their country was because they are afraid that the Cambodians will pose security concerns to their country. He added that the Thai authority demanded the passengers to pay $1500 for the permission to enter Thai territories and this bond money can only be withdrawn after 3 months. So all the passengers refused to pay the bond money and decided to return home to Cambodia.
Mr. Long Visalo added that Cambodia has lodged a complaint regarding Thailand’s violation of the Memorandum of Understanding on a visa agreement between the two countries which stated that diplomatic and official passport holders must be exempted from carrying a visa. Furthermore, under international laws if the embassy of the country had already provided the visas to the tourists, those tourists must be allowed to enter that country without obstacle.
According to Mr. Long Visalo, there are more than 10 senior government officials travelling on board the Jupiter Cruise ship, but until now no one among the more than 10 officials has lodged a complaint to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yet.//
35 comments:
The Cambodian government should demand an apology from Thailand. This is a diplomatic incident which required a diplomatic apology because the incident involved more than 10 senior government ministers, senators, judges and military generals. The Thai action is an insult to the Cambodian government ministers on board the ship as well as an insult to the Cambodian nation and people as a whole. The Cambodian people cannot allow the Thai look down on us this way.
that really good idea sir
why khmer wanted to step in the siam land anyway?..khmer should know better than that. Money can not spend wisely in this case. it just wasted!
The barbaric Thais!!! It seems Cambodians are more civil.
yes, all khmer should spend the money at home- don't spend it in thailand if they don't want our money.
There're many places around the world to visit, why did they choose Thailand? I don't understand?????
BOMBS ON THAILAND!!
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8:43, i wish i know whatahell they were taking about.
Praiseworthily, No Khmer people entry Thai territory. If all of them entered Thailand and some of them were hurted by psychopath. Then who responsible for this incident?
If this really happened, those who got hurted also not took care by Thai authority. Otherwise, they will only get blame by Ah Thai like this, "Khmer tourist was intentional to make trouble in the counttry."
They're all should thank Buddha that they were barred in the Cruise ship.
That's goood for god sake!!
Yes, all those people that were holding Diplomatic passports are crooks from Hun Sen government. Those are illiterate generals and high ranking officials. They deserve for that treatment.
If our Cambodia are full of uneducated and illiterate officials that is why the neighbor countries are looking down to us. "Full of monkeys in one zoo".
I dont understand why THOSE khmer people want to visit a fuck Thailand. There is no place on earth to go huh! Or they want to go to fuck thai ladies, Damn it! STOP VISIT a fuck THAILAND from NOW!!! If you are KHMER.
AUS khmer student.
Hey, 9:56 AM, why are look down on ours best ever government?
They're all should not deserve for that treatment.
Thais should pay more attention to those 25 high rank officials.
Thais agency should not bar them in the ship. It's so cruel!!!
Thais are animal. Thais should put these bastard, 25 heads, into jail or expel from the ship. And let's them live as the slave forever!!!!
The End.
hey 10:15AM
Because all those 25 high ranking officials from Hun Sen government are illiterate, ignorant and uneducated. They received PHD from the zoo schools for corruptions, and create more miserable lives to our khmer people.
Why those people wanted to go to Thailand this time?
why those guys want to go thailand this time b/c they want to lick and eat thai girls pussy..you got it..
FUCK THAILAND................THAILAND BELONGS TO CAMBODIA.......FUCK THAI LAND.....KADUEY MAY AH SIEM
Don't judge the people by its cover, some senior offical also have an excellent educated background as well. Suck as Excellency Khol Pheng so on.
But you all talk far away from the topic.
This news show some fact indeed, it is not because of this dispute period, its exist the
descrimination between two country citizen long time ago. Cambodian people go to Thailand for traveling, thai people always do the descrimination on us. I support our khmer citizens don't go to thailand for travel anymore, I don't know why this shit country still attract khmer people. there are a deep hostility in their mind. So we need to do it on them too. I suggest all Khmer people don't go there.
PUC College Student
I suggest that we do the same thing to Thailand. We should bar Thai tourists from entering Siemreap/Angkor etc...The Thai government broke the diplomatic norm, we should do the same. The norm is that all foreign visitors with proper papers (passport and entry permit) should be let in.
PUC College Student,
Don't judge the people by its cover, some senior offical also have an excellent educated background as well. Suck as Excellency Khol Pheng so on.
watch out your spelling above.
such as* not suck as (hehehe).
We all know that Thais always have "selective memories and discriminatory" action against Khmers. Look at how the Thai Rangers during the Khmer civil war period, mixed human excrements with Prahoc and gave it to Khmer refugees to eat. Ask any Khmer that went through those Refugee Camps, they can surely testify to it.
So again why do the Khmers still want to go vacationing in Thailand whereas Malaysia is a lot cheaper and more fun with more dignity than the Royal Siamese Thieves?
Only Khmers who would still consistently go visit Thailand would ask for such discriminatory treatment so it served them right. Next time go some where else, Thailand is not the world, wake up silly Khmers!
Who's fucking care if you are khmer? you heard this saying"like father like sons". And look at your leaders, say if thai give a damn about your leaders!
Go fuck your leaders.
Spend our money at home in cambodia. don't spend it in thailand if they don't want our money.
The Siamese believe to humiliate Khmer and these khmer rouge seniors but at time they make themselves look more much monkeys and barbaric than Khmer rouge. With this kind of attitude, the Siamese show to the world how much stupid they are, a bunch of monkeys that cant understand or cant be civilized by any culture or education.
Abhisit has no reaction to this kind of absurd foolish act, he joins the bunch of monkeys as well. It seems the thai still live in stone age with its primitive practice and mentality and no matter how much they are educated or be tamped by civilized culture they borrowed from, they can barely get over their primitive nature.
The siamese are not different from Khmer rouge or viets. They just show they can even hit Khmer rouge spite and foolishness but the sieamses still proud of itself ha
Cut off all diplomatic relation with the Siam!
if war break out all khmer living in thailand especially khmer surin
khmer sisaket khmer ubon etc.........will rise up againt
their thai gov't..watch out all thais .........
The Thais did the right things by denying entry to the Cambodian's to set foot on their soil.
The only mistake is.... they should've authorized the 10 government's official for entry. For crying out loud..... they're governmet's official!
The 10 government's official only wanted to return to their primitive jungle home. But, their human-like walk (two feet) were far too advance that their ancestor Thai didn't
recognize them. Therefore, they were denied entry.
We should be able to see a letter of an apology soon in a form of Khmer dialect that were stolen from us.
What comes around goes around. If the issue doesn’t resolve and apology from Thailand with no satisfaction, Thailand will pay the price. Cambodia would wait for the right opportunity to deny entry to Thais people. Cambodians should avoid at all cost to enter Thailand. They are being ridiculous to the neighbor country, Cambodia.
How many innocent Cambodian ppl that being slavery and killed like the animal float them in the sea from the Thai fishermen ,how many Cambodian people get kill by the Thai while they left the families and search for the job ,how many boys girls and women been smuggle and trafficking to Thai and how many refugee in Nong Chan,kok Kyoung,Nong samith,Smach,Tatom Dong Rek camps and so on got kill and mistreated by THAI? And recently Thai wanted to rob KHMER PREAH VIHEAR at day Light why these two hundred sixty five person most of them high ranking Government servants ,do every one help me to think these hight raking government employee they are in the right mind?
Every days Thai teach it citizen to discriminate ,prejudice hate dis grate dis grace killing khmer and what they hurt me so much the Thai said Ankor Wat we are Cambodian not the builder but the robber like them Thai from KHOM.
But when I was in the High school in the History class said our fore father ancestors were MORN and the next generation are khmer what we are now,or we are OMBO MORN KHMER.
Please correct me is my mistaken.
Purekhmer ca
Bah, the Thais did right, all these cambodians passengers were parasits who profited of their good position in Cambodian to get a free ride, food, accommodation on that boat and free holidays in Thailand. When they are in Cambodia, they play the strongest, but look at them, no one among the senior officials dared to lodged an official complaints. Parasites still parasite. We can not blame the Thais: even you you would not authorize parasits to come into your home.
I was in that cruise during that time. We all in the cruises were very angry with Thai authories that demand us to deposit 1500$ per person for one person to entry their country. Actually we all did not want to visit Thailand, we just want to test the service of the Lam and Brother in order to inform our clients about this cruise for next sale. We all are most from travel agency.
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Any descrimination problem against Khmer Nation and Khmer land, These two Siamese administrations never aware of any incident Had happened. The Red shirts = The Yellow Shirts.
Down to you Ah Siam!
To 9:41AM
Thank for testing the service of the Lam and Brothers company who organized the Jupiter Cruise and I won't be using their service in a million years and I will go to some places that will gladly accept my money and treated me with dignity. It is very disappointing to go to a place to spend one's hard earn money and to be looked down upon like some animals. I am done with anything to do with Siam!
Cambodian people have choice and this is not the end of the world!
PLease don't try to steal temple from Khmer on the mountain.
Despite Khmer is Khmer, they do not own each other house, car, temple, ..., or land.
7:56Pm The temple are Cambodia rightfully owner you have no shit to claimed ,The siam called you slave low live thugs and you wanted to own some pieces of the temples ,I said kiss my Cambodian black ass ,smell it and get da fuck out of here you are not welcome .
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