April 23, 2009
Source: Xinhua
Border families should ask for nine million U.S. dollars from Thailand to compensate for their damaged houses and markets as a result of recent bilateral armed clashes, national media said on Thursday.
Direct asset loss was estimated at 1.2 million U.S. dollars, but Thailand should pay much more for the trauma of the residents, so the total amount of Thai compensation should top nine million U.S. dollars, Chinese-language daily newspaper the Commercial News quoted the Khmer Civilization Fund (KCF) as saying.
KCF and other non-governmental organizations had visited the border area to study the residents' loss, and a report has been lodged to country leaders and officials at various levels, said KCF which represented the compensation seekers.
On Tuesday, KCF told reporters that 147 Cambodian families near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple had asked Thailand to pay for the damage of their properties.
The houses with 260 inhabitants were burnt down, as two rounds of heavy gunfire exchange occurred on April 3 near the temple, according to KCF.
Rocket bombs hit their houses and then led to total damage, it said, adding that the house owners were strongly dissatisfied with such behavior and demanded that Thailand should pay for the loss.
The April 3 military confrontations took place after well-armed Thai troops intruded on Cambodian lands.
"It is very regrettable that Thai armed intrusions continue to occur repeatedly in the same areas" near the border, and "these acts of violation have compelled the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) to exercise their rights to self-defense and to protect the Cambodian territorial integrity," said a statement issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation right after the accidents.
Since July 2008, troops from both sides have stationed near the Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and two armed confrontations last year sparked brief concerns of war.
The two neighboring countries have never fully demarcated their disputed 800-km-long border, mainly due to their different interpretations of historical maps and the landmines left over from decades of civil war in Cambodia.
Direct asset loss was estimated at 1.2 million U.S. dollars, but Thailand should pay much more for the trauma of the residents, so the total amount of Thai compensation should top nine million U.S. dollars, Chinese-language daily newspaper the Commercial News quoted the Khmer Civilization Fund (KCF) as saying.
KCF and other non-governmental organizations had visited the border area to study the residents' loss, and a report has been lodged to country leaders and officials at various levels, said KCF which represented the compensation seekers.
On Tuesday, KCF told reporters that 147 Cambodian families near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple had asked Thailand to pay for the damage of their properties.
The houses with 260 inhabitants were burnt down, as two rounds of heavy gunfire exchange occurred on April 3 near the temple, according to KCF.
Rocket bombs hit their houses and then led to total damage, it said, adding that the house owners were strongly dissatisfied with such behavior and demanded that Thailand should pay for the loss.
The April 3 military confrontations took place after well-armed Thai troops intruded on Cambodian lands.
"It is very regrettable that Thai armed intrusions continue to occur repeatedly in the same areas" near the border, and "these acts of violation have compelled the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) to exercise their rights to self-defense and to protect the Cambodian territorial integrity," said a statement issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation right after the accidents.
Since July 2008, troops from both sides have stationed near the Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and two armed confrontations last year sparked brief concerns of war.
The two neighboring countries have never fully demarcated their disputed 800-km-long border, mainly due to their different interpretations of historical maps and the landmines left over from decades of civil war in Cambodia.
12 comments:
If Thai government is a responsible government as Cambodian government did, Thai gov't has to take responsible of her military action that damaged homes of Cambodian people living on Cambodian land nearby temple and market.
Cambodia took responsible to pay everything to Thai government and businessmen for damaging her property and business in Cambodia by Cambodia's riot in last several years.
Thai land under Abhisit administration and his bloody yellow t-shirt should follow Cambodian model.
Remember? Just a comment made by a Thai movie star, some short-sighted gangs went to attack and burning Thai embassy.
Sound good?.... Cambodian gov. paid for the damages.
Sound better now?... when blind hot-shots at border shoot at Thai soldiers and then pple on Cambodia side suffered ....
When do Khmer stop this blindness?
I strongly agree to the compensation from Siam Gov't to Cambodian at Preah Vihea. I as well strongly appeal to Cambodian gov't to take serious action to this case. Siam needs to pay us. Though, nothing can contribute to their lost and trauma but atleast this compensation can help the lost at the site to build their home and start their bussiness.
Why not? We paid their Embassy and their apology should come along with a price to those poor people.
When Khmer torched Thai embassy in Phnom Penh, Ah Kwak paid them for compensation. Now when Ah Thai burned down Khmer houses, Ah Hun Kwak didn't ask for compensation.
The victims should get lawyers to sue Ah Siem for their houses and properties to get compensation.
congratulations for the good move. remember they ask khmer gov't to reimburse for their embassy in 2003, we must request or demand the same from them for invading khmer land and destroying our khmer people's property and damaging our preah vihear temple, etc... yes, they'll pay for all of that. hopefully that too will make them think twice before intruding on cambodia's. god bless cambodia.
Ah kwack still playing soft again! he's not sure to go a head with the proposal or not...This fucker may kiss Thai ass again!
Cambodian should fire long range artillery back to Thai Village, and why allowing thai destroyed our people market and houses...? if they fire toward our village, we should do the same back to them!
Khmer got to teach Thai-thieft some lesson! a big lesson! so, they will learns, like they did from Burma or LAO...
The problem with cambodia is that the fucken leader are soft and kept kissing Thai ass everytime! Thai will not stop, no matter what! unless khmer leader take the case to INTERNATIONAL COURT!!
Thailand to compensate for the damaged houses and market in Cambodia, this kind of news is only a news but I'm pretty sure it will not become reailty. Thai probably pocket some money to the top Cambodian officials to silent it for alot less money. A lot of incedents from the past Thailand never compensate for what they've done.
Yep,
I agree with 10:00AM! cambodian leader should known that corruptions in only hurting your country and the people...
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