Written by Naranhkiri Tith
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post
Dear Editor,
I read with alarm the article "Vietnam aims to lease land for rice crops" (February 26, 2009), in which it was stated that Vietnam is planning to lease land from the Cambodian government in the provinces contiguous with Vietnam in order to plant rice for the purpose of combating alleged rice smuggling from Cambodia. This is a dangerous project [that is] very detrimental to Cambodian national interests for a number of reasons.
First, Vietnam has been encroaching on Cambodia's land since the 17th century under a scheme known as nam tien, or "southward march", and annexing the land that they occupied and populating it with former soldiers and ex-convicts, as well as claiming land that used to belong to Cambodia, such as the region known as Kampuchea Krom.
Second, there are many Cambodians mired in abject poverty who rely on land for their survival.
Third, as pointed out in your article "The time of reckoning for Khmer Krom" (February 22), Vietnam has been committing atrocities against the Khmer Krom with help from the Hun Sen regime. This, in turn, shows that Vietnam has not been a defender of Cambodian national interests.
I read with alarm the article "Vietnam aims to lease land for rice crops" (February 26, 2009), in which it was stated that Vietnam is planning to lease land from the Cambodian government in the provinces contiguous with Vietnam in order to plant rice for the purpose of combating alleged rice smuggling from Cambodia. This is a dangerous project [that is] very detrimental to Cambodian national interests for a number of reasons.
First, Vietnam has been encroaching on Cambodia's land since the 17th century under a scheme known as nam tien, or "southward march", and annexing the land that they occupied and populating it with former soldiers and ex-convicts, as well as claiming land that used to belong to Cambodia, such as the region known as Kampuchea Krom.
Second, there are many Cambodians mired in abject poverty who rely on land for their survival.
Third, as pointed out in your article "The time of reckoning for Khmer Krom" (February 22), Vietnam has been committing atrocities against the Khmer Krom with help from the Hun Sen regime. This, in turn, shows that Vietnam has not been a defender of Cambodian national interests.
16 comments:
We all need more Dr. Tith Naranhkiri, your experiences and your horizon.
Khmer NEED to unified even stronger than ever before and bring these issues about world attention! Its all khmer responsibility!
If everyone can take in some part in different way and some with the same. Every thing will not lacks and demands for the cause will meet.
Khmer owes these causes the time now, the future and
our gratitude of our beloved history and culture.
Most Dr khmer ouside said:
Aide-toi et le ciel t'aidera,I wish you all Dr khmer go more forward than that.
May Buddha bless khmer Leu,Surin,Phnom Penh,khmer krom
Sihanouk has betrayed our Buddha.
Hun Sen doesn't believe in it. None. Otherwise he would not be able to do what he did. Better yet, he will hand over Cambodia to vietnam on a silver plate, if he can. Right now is nothing for him. So what do you do with a leader with such mentality?
What can Khmer do to stop yuon from encroaching their lands?
NO BODY CAN STOP VIET NAM BECAUSE HUN SEN WILL DO WHAT EVER YOUN WANT. TO PLEASE ONG LEUNG AS LONG HE GET THE POWER.HE DON'T CARE CAMBODIAN HATE HIM. ABOUT THAI CAN'T TAKE ONE INCH FROM CAMBODIA THAT MAKE HUN SEN A HERO. HE PROTECT ONE SIDE BUT OTHER SIDE HE NEVER SAY A WORD BECAUSE HE SCARE ONG LEUNG MORE THAN ANY THING. HOW CAMBODIAN SAVE CAMBODIA FROM VIET NAM TAKE OVER?
look at all the stupid dumb ass idiots calling themselves nationalists. Your paranoid will keep Khmer in a shit hole. Maybe because you all live in the land of the free aka America too long and you contract their severe case of paranoid. I just watched CNN the other day and Americans freaked out with Japanese, Chinese, and Middle Eastern companies buying out all their American companies.
OMG, it is a threat to our national security this and that. I now just laugh at all these paranoid conspiracy theorist idiots. I just hope none of you paranoid cult followers will get the brilliant idea of committing mass suicide like those crazy cults to become ghost soldiers to save khmer.
Stop Hun Sen first! Youn is depending on Hun Sen..
You idiot. American Jews bought half a Cambodia into concessions. Grip the reality, VN is a friend not enemy. Jews want enslave the world, they're more than happy to see other nations quarrel each other.
12.41am it's idiot like you who put cambodia behind. Your reality of shortsight, way to go you bone head
I say before and I say now again: As long as CPP rules Cambodia,
soon Cambodia will fad away from the World map.
I want all Cambodians to remember: CPP are working for Yuon.
totally agree here. no no no way! don't ever allow viets to lease khmer farm lands for anything. khmer people don't want that and will never trust viets in a million years. viets is not american, europeans, etc... viets are thieves want had a history of curving up khmer land for their own. a good example is khmer krom mekong delta region and koh tral, to just point out the truth! all khmer says no no no no way!!!!!!!!!!!!! any khmer leader who would allow this should be punish to the fullest extent of khmer law for being a traitor!!! watch out, khmer people, be wary with viets. make sure to push for proper demarcation of international borderlines, etc and make sure to educate our people and the people to understand the history of cambodia. yes, it's about national interest and national security, not about money for business people! god bless cambodia.
Only a loser like Hun Sen and his CPPs would sleep with the Vietcongs. Viets create wars to expand their territories: from Annam to Champa to Kampuchea Krom to Lao and now to Cambodia!!!This is a fact and not a fiction. The "NAM TIEN"-Southward Expansion is alive and working for the Viet race.
Americans are in South Korea, in the Philippines, in Thailand, in Taiwan, in Japan, etc. do any of these countries lose any land to the Americans???I think not!
Sihanouk and Hun Sen have chosen Viets as friends that is why Cambodia is disappearing from the world map by the hours!!!!This is Sihanouk and Hun Sen's legacies and both are good agents for the Vietcongs in Khmerland.
Please Dr. Naranhkiri Tith help write some more and educate us all on the Viets' dark intentions and destruction of Khmerland.
Khmer Angkor
The Yuon state is the enemy of the Khmer Nation
Hun sen is a coward to stand up to viets. He needs to be removed from his position.
Sniper sharp shooter!
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