The Preah Vihear task force officials inspect the illegal border marker at point 766 on the top of Dangrek Mountains.(All phots are from Koh Santepheap, Photos by Vontha).
Koh Santepheap newspaper
12th March, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization
Cambodian border officials have dismantled an illegal border marker on top of the Dangrek Mountains, suspected to have planted by Thai soldiers. First it was suspected that the border marker has just been freshly planted, but after close examination it was concluded that it was planted 15-20 years ago during the Cambodian civil war.
The illegal marker was found by accident by bush trackers on 9th March, 2009 who then reported the find to the Cambodian officials.
A Preah Vihear task force, led by Maj-Gen. Sor Thary, deputy governor of Preah Vihear province, comprised of Brig-Gen. Som Bopharoth, commander of Preah Vihear region, Mr. Kao Lung, governor of Choam Ksan district and included 40 other Cambodian border officials, set off to search for the alleged illegal border marker on the morning of 11th March.
The group climbed the Dangrek Mountains at border point 500 east of An Sess Pass, reaching the mountain top at 11 o’clock in the morning. The group climbed through dangerous and inaccessible areas for 7 hours. They reached border point 766, the point where the illegal border marker was found, at 6 o’clock in the afternoon.
Border point 766 is the highest point of Dangrek Mountains which is located in Teuk Krohorm (Red Water) commune in Choam Ksan, about 9 kilometres east of An Sess border pass.
The alleged illegal border marker was made from a steel pipe and is about 15cm in diametres which was buried about half a metre deep and sticks out about half a metre high above the ground. It was buried with concrete very solidly and was located at co-ordinates VA98,956-8365 of point 766, which is the highest point of the Dangrek Mountain.
After carefully examining the marker, the group decided to dismantle it. The group said that this border marker was located about 1 kilometre from the Thai military barracks. The group added that the Thai soldiers did not know that they were there.
The border marker was suspected to have been planted by Thai soldiers during the Cambodian civil war in the mid-1980s.
The group stayed there only about one hour and because night time is approaching they decided to descend the mountains at about 7 o’clock, walking through perilous minefields in the dark of the night. Because it is too dangerous to walk through the minefields at night time, the group decided to sleep half way on the mountains. At 6:30am, the group continued the journey and reached the foot of the mountain at 9am. The group then reached Choam Ksan at 11am on the 12th of March.
---------------------------------12th March, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization
Cambodian border officials have dismantled an illegal border marker on top of the Dangrek Mountains, suspected to have planted by Thai soldiers. First it was suspected that the border marker has just been freshly planted, but after close examination it was concluded that it was planted 15-20 years ago during the Cambodian civil war.
The illegal marker was found by accident by bush trackers on 9th March, 2009 who then reported the find to the Cambodian officials.
A Preah Vihear task force, led by Maj-Gen. Sor Thary, deputy governor of Preah Vihear province, comprised of Brig-Gen. Som Bopharoth, commander of Preah Vihear region, Mr. Kao Lung, governor of Choam Ksan district and included 40 other Cambodian border officials, set off to search for the alleged illegal border marker on the morning of 11th March.
The group climbed the Dangrek Mountains at border point 500 east of An Sess Pass, reaching the mountain top at 11 o’clock in the morning. The group climbed through dangerous and inaccessible areas for 7 hours. They reached border point 766, the point where the illegal border marker was found, at 6 o’clock in the afternoon.
Border point 766 is the highest point of Dangrek Mountains which is located in Teuk Krohorm (Red Water) commune in Choam Ksan, about 9 kilometres east of An Sess border pass.
The alleged illegal border marker was made from a steel pipe and is about 15cm in diametres which was buried about half a metre deep and sticks out about half a metre high above the ground. It was buried with concrete very solidly and was located at co-ordinates VA98,956-8365 of point 766, which is the highest point of the Dangrek Mountain.
After carefully examining the marker, the group decided to dismantle it. The group said that this border marker was located about 1 kilometre from the Thai military barracks. The group added that the Thai soldiers did not know that they were there.
The border marker was suspected to have been planted by Thai soldiers during the Cambodian civil war in the mid-1980s.
The group stayed there only about one hour and because night time is approaching they decided to descend the mountains at about 7 o’clock, walking through perilous minefields in the dark of the night. Because it is too dangerous to walk through the minefields at night time, the group decided to sleep half way on the mountains. At 6:30am, the group continued the journey and reached the foot of the mountain at 9am. The group then reached Choam Ksan at 11am on the 12th of March.
The task force members stop to get some water from the natural pond.
The task force travel to point 500 on top of Dangrek Mountains.
The task force officials reached point 500 on top of Dangrek Mountains.
The Cambodia border task force officials climb to border point 766.
Cambodian officials inspect the illegal border marker.
The border marker that has been dismantled.
17 comments:
All the border markers need to be re-examed obviously. Especially the eastern border with vietnam.
How do you explain to that Thailand????!!!
No don't touch it according to Memorandom of understanding(MOU) (2001).
I need our govt and Thailand to check it.
MOU is bad for us. GPS can help to determine the position. Do they have GPS?
Govt is stupid and silly.
Rithy
រដ្ធាភិបាលមក្ពុជាមិនវាស់នៅនឹងដីទេគឺពួកគាត់វាស់ពីលើអាកាស។សូមកុំភ័យបងប្អូនខ្មែរទាំងឡាយ
នៅរឿងហ្នឹងគ្រាន់តែបងប្អូនខ្មែរចេះសាម្គីគ្នា
កុំចេះតែទាស់គ្នាដួចរាល់ថ្ងៃនេះធ្វើឲ្យឈឺក្បាល
ណាស់,អញ្ជឹងហើយបានជាគេយកដីអស់
ហើយនៅសល់តែមួយចំនួនតួចប៉ុន្នោះមក
ទល់សព្ធថ្ងៃ។
Illegal borders markers must be carefully inspected, reported to the international border inspecters (the UN), pulled them out, and Hun Sen must flex his muscle as a strongman: fight back the Thai intruders. Will he be strong as he claims? I don't think so!
don't worry, cambodia is arisen from the ashes again and we will make sure our former borders are respected internationally. the thief obviously took advantage of cambodian civil war and play with our borderline. but not to worry, khmer people, that's what the map of the 1904- 1907 treaty are made for. we will make sure our border is the same as then and now. we are working on it. god bless cambodia.
KADUEY MAY AH SIEM
We only found one. How many illegal border markers out there that we haven't found? The Thais must be planting a lot of illegal border markers deep inside Cambodian territories that we haven't found. Shame to Hun Sen. Why he is so quiet?
KHUN THAI TAI LEV!!!!!!!TAI KING TAI LEV!!!!
Nice! Dismantle all of them illegal border markers.
Stupid Thai. Why don't you Thais concentrate on your political instability, economic crisis and Islamic insurgency in the south! Thailand is suppose to be the model country for Southeast Asia and now you guys are just tarnishing the image more and more every day.
The west bosder and the east border are the same.
Hun Sen does nothing.
We should form a search team to search for all illegal border markers, east and west.
OK! THAILAND HOW YOU EXPLAIN THIS THINGS HUH? YOU FUCKEN CHEATER BITCH....!
Still no reactions form our Strongman dick head!...still quiet mother fucker!
If you guy look closely at our soldiers they looks not healthy at all, i think because of lacking cleaned water and a good foods, but water is main problems because i've seen people took a drinks right from the ponds? just like cows or water buffalo man! what ta hell...
Dude, you won't ever see mr strongman come out to defend cambodia's disputed border areas. Mr strongman is only strong amongst the weak in cambodia, yet he's a coward when it comes to viet and thai
Our strongman Hun Sen is a coward when it comes to defend Cambodian borders. But when it comes to defending his power and money, he will never be scared.
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