Original report from Phnom Penh
13 May 2009
“It means that Thailand does not have the will to settle either the border problem or the question of compensation” - Khieu Kanharith [KI-Media: it's about time the Hun Sen's regime know about this!]Thailand is unwilling to solve an ongoing border dispute near the Preah Vihear temple, a government spokesman said Wednesday, following Thailand’s refusal to pay more than $2 million after allegedly destroying homes and businesses in April fighting.
The Cambodian Foreign Ministry sent an official request for compensation on Monday, claiming Thai shelling had leveled 264 stores and 319 homes near the entrance to the 900-year-old temple.
Rejecting Cambodia’s claim Wednesday, Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharith Charungvat said the area destroyed belonged to Thailand and any suits would have to be filed through Thai courts.
Thai Embassy officials could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
“It means that Thailand does not have the will to settle either the border problem or the question of compensation,” government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said, adding that Cambodia would continue to push Thailand to resolve outstanding disputes.
Hundreds of soldiers and accompanying arsenals from both sides have been amassed along the border since the row began in July 2008, sparked by the inclusion of Preah Vihear temple on a Unesco World Heritage listing.
Small-arms skirmishes, including rocket fire, ensued in October 2008 and April 2009, killing at least three Cambodians and three Thais.
Khieu Khanarith said the Thais intentionally fired on civilian structures in April, a breach of international law.
5 comments:
If HUN SEN disregard this denying, he must be suck big time.
HUN SEN needs to take this Shame Thailand to UN!!!
Why would you destroy something that is already in your territory, if it is in Thai's territory, which i really doubt. Thailand has all these excuses and try to flip the script everytime, but I say nuke the whole damn country and say the hell with Thailand and make them get on their knees and beg for mercy, at the same time screaming "Khmer pride biatches"!
Hun Sen must go get Nuclear missle from Sihanouk friend North Korea!!!
Make no mistake that the world court had rendered its decision regarding Preah Vihear in 1962. If Thailand refuses to pay for damages it has inflicted upon Cambodian civilians on Cambodian soil, Cambodia has the right to take Thailand to the world court once again. "Once a thief always a thief, mind as well pack all your belongings back to Nan Chao." Phnom Penh should ask the Thai embassy personel to leave...and shut the Thai embassy down for good!
ใครก็รู้ว่าไอ้พวกชาวไทยตั้งแต่สถาบันกษัตริย์จนถึงละอองธุลีทั้ง๖๕ล้านคนนั้นเป็นฝูงโจรทั้งหมด...เขมรชนทุกแห่งต้องร่วมมือกันรักษาประเทศชาติที่มีมานับพันปี!
จากศาสตราจารย์เพ็ญที่วัดพนม
Everyone knows that the Thais are a bunch of thieves from their king to their 65 million subjects...we Khmers in every corner must unite and protect the country which had existed for thousands of years!
Professor Penh, Wat Phnom
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