By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer Original report from Washington
17 June 2009
Overseas members of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom community gathered in Paris on Saturday to mark the day of a loss of their territory to Vietnam and to call for more freedoms there.
Kampuchea Krom, or Lower Kampuchea, was portioned to Vietnam by French authorities in June 1949. Advocates for the Khmer ethnic group now living in the Mekong Delta region say they want more religious freedoms under the Vietnamese.
“We will force the Vietnamese government to have a clear administration and to make sure that Khmer Krom have a self governance,” Thach Ngoc Thach, president of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation, told VOA Khmer by phone from Paris.
A statement issued by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization said that for decades, indigenous people have had the desire to address their status and continued maltreatment by settler societies in their own homelands.
UNPO Secretary-General Marino Busdachin said in a speech Saturday that France had contributed Khmer Krom “inequality” due to “the lack of awareness or lack of acknowledgement of the position of the Khmer Krom internationally.”
Vietnamese officials were not immediately available for comment.
Bun Phalla, a participant from France, expressed optimism for the group’s struggle.
“It is like drops of water filling a pot,” she told VOA Khmer by phone. “One day it will be full. I hope that in the future we will get our land back.”
Kampuchea Krom, or Lower Kampuchea, was portioned to Vietnam by French authorities in June 1949. Advocates for the Khmer ethnic group now living in the Mekong Delta region say they want more religious freedoms under the Vietnamese.
“We will force the Vietnamese government to have a clear administration and to make sure that Khmer Krom have a self governance,” Thach Ngoc Thach, president of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation, told VOA Khmer by phone from Paris.
A statement issued by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization said that for decades, indigenous people have had the desire to address their status and continued maltreatment by settler societies in their own homelands.
UNPO Secretary-General Marino Busdachin said in a speech Saturday that France had contributed Khmer Krom “inequality” due to “the lack of awareness or lack of acknowledgement of the position of the Khmer Krom internationally.”
Vietnamese officials were not immediately available for comment.
Bun Phalla, a participant from France, expressed optimism for the group’s struggle.
“It is like drops of water filling a pot,” she told VOA Khmer by phone. “One day it will be full. I hope that in the future we will get our land back.”
14 comments:
con me thang mien an con cac
9:24
Con cac may nau canh an ngon.
may thang bot nuoc,may phai tra nhung tuoi tao mat,may ngon, may choi lien quoc di.
Keep up Khmer Krom people! freedom is coming soon...
A Youn Kro Torp parasite will disappear from this planet soon,including PPu //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// chinese ,but i like khmer more than A Sro Kay Coconut
You just cannot get over this unclaimable territory issue, right?
You already have your independence, what else do you want?
Perhaps you want the United States too?
PPU
A Youn have a dream to get United State too!, Youn forget soon The Unite Nation Justice will be condenm Youn government and let them pay back to Khmer-Krom.
I would like to encourage Khmer and Khmer-Krom, we must help each other Kampuchea-Krom Land is our Land don't ever forget that.
I always supporting Khmer-Krom people.
Kaun Khmer in Blood
This is good news! I am totally support for Khmer Krom for self determination.
I learn some world history and encountered the history of the Turk and Greece.
The Turk had controlled the Greece for more than or +400 years and the Greece managed to free themselves out of the Turk control.
Khmer Krom will overcome YOUN in this near future. They got all kind of support from the world communities. Please continue to do good work. We will be there and the truth and justice will prevail.
KhmerPP,
Salute to all Khmer Krom!! from me a guy from USA!
PPU=Pee Poop Urine
Well, don't blame me for I am of course the son of a slut, adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, and loose woman Viet...
PPU
If all khmer around the world help and supported, i think Khmer Krom will got their freedom one of these day! Please keep up the fight!
All Khmer people must help spread the words out to the rest of the world and let them know about Vietnamese governments abusive, Khmer Kampuchea Krom are belong to all of us, please help our brother and sister that suffering every day under Vietnamese governments....
khmer krom pp
Puok Ah Jkuot Jruok Scum Rainsy, get off my grass.
PPU
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