Cambodian PM Hun SenTuesday September 29, 2009
Bangkok Post
Phnom Penh - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered his troops on Monday to shoot any trespassers in a simmering border dispute with Thailand and angrily blasted the neighbouring nation's territorial claims.
His remarks came a little over a week after Thai protesters rallied at the disputed border area near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, the site of clashes that have killed seven soldiers since tensions flared last year.
"If they enter again, they will be shot," Mr Hun Sen told officials who applauded as he publicly ordered troops along the border to fire against civilian or military "invader enemies" who illegally enter Cambodia.
"Troops, police and all armed forces must adhere to the order... for invaders, shields are not used but bullets are used," Mr Hun Sen said in the speech at the opening ceremony for Cambodia's new Ministry of Tourism building.
Mr Hun Sen also lambasted Thailand's claim to the disputed 4.6 square kilometres of land around Preah Vihear, saying he may raise it at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting next month.
"This is a unilateral claim with the ambition of occupying Cambodian territory... If the Thai prime minister put the (unilaterally-drawn) map in front of me, I would tear it," Mr Hun Sen told the audience.
"Cambodia does not want war, but Cambodia deserves the right to destroy enemies in its territory," he said, adding that he would take the issue to the UN Security Council in the case of any aggressive action by Thailand.
Cambodia and Thailand have been at loggerheads over the land around the Preah Vihear temple for decades, but tensions spilled over into violence last July when the temple was granted UN World Heritage status.
Although the World Court ruled in 1962 that it belonged to Cambodia, the most accessible entrance to the ancient Khmer temple with its crumbling stone staircases and elegant carvings is in northeastern Thailand.
Soldiers from Cambodia and Thailand continue to patrol the area, with the last gunbattle near the temple area in April leaving three people dead. The border between the two countries has never been fully demarcated, in part because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
His remarks came a little over a week after Thai protesters rallied at the disputed border area near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, the site of clashes that have killed seven soldiers since tensions flared last year.
"If they enter again, they will be shot," Mr Hun Sen told officials who applauded as he publicly ordered troops along the border to fire against civilian or military "invader enemies" who illegally enter Cambodia.
"Troops, police and all armed forces must adhere to the order... for invaders, shields are not used but bullets are used," Mr Hun Sen said in the speech at the opening ceremony for Cambodia's new Ministry of Tourism building.
Mr Hun Sen also lambasted Thailand's claim to the disputed 4.6 square kilometres of land around Preah Vihear, saying he may raise it at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting next month.
"This is a unilateral claim with the ambition of occupying Cambodian territory... If the Thai prime minister put the (unilaterally-drawn) map in front of me, I would tear it," Mr Hun Sen told the audience.
"Cambodia does not want war, but Cambodia deserves the right to destroy enemies in its territory," he said, adding that he would take the issue to the UN Security Council in the case of any aggressive action by Thailand.
Cambodia and Thailand have been at loggerheads over the land around the Preah Vihear temple for decades, but tensions spilled over into violence last July when the temple was granted UN World Heritage status.
Although the World Court ruled in 1962 that it belonged to Cambodia, the most accessible entrance to the ancient Khmer temple with its crumbling stone staircases and elegant carvings is in northeastern Thailand.
Soldiers from Cambodia and Thailand continue to patrol the area, with the last gunbattle near the temple area in April leaving three people dead. The border between the two countries has never been fully demarcated, in part because it is littered with landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
19 comments:
LOL. This guy is crazy! LOL.
No, we don’t have to fight PM Hun Sen. All we need to do is to ship some weapons to Muslim insurgent in Southern provinces (Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat), and let those Muslim insurgents fight for us. Or better yet, open some training camps for those insurgents at the borders, and I guarantee you the Thais will never mess up with us again.
How about a lot of ones from Yuon? Will your sam-ach do the same thing, New Phally? To be fair to both neighbors, this sam-ach must act the same, because Yuons have graually taken part of Khmer land. Don't just warn Thais and allow Yuons, ah kwak!
5:44AM - Are you a Thai pretending to be Khmer here. Your King is dying, tell him to go to hell.
Of course I'm not, and you are not more Khmer than I am. I love my country as much as the other decent Khmer do, but I cannot forget about Yuons too. Actually you are one of the Yuons.
Hun Sen is doing very well at defending our country so let him do his job. I don't suppose you can do any better.
PM Hun Sen,
We urge you to take the following actions:
1) Stop the bilateral negotiations with Siam
2) Take the matter to UN and/or ICJ
3) Prepare for an all out war with Siam
May Lord BUDDHA bless the Khmer people.
There is an idiot cursing his compatriots for publicly standing up to the Thais (and secretly resist the Yuons). That idiot calls himself a decent Khmer and pretend to love Cambodia. Just wonder if that idiot knows what it means to be a decent Khmer who love his country.
You are a cocksucker if you fight Thais and not Youns. I fight both, and you dickhead don't call me idiot. If I'm idiot you are a complete Yuon pussy-sucker. I end my argument with you cocksucker right here. Take your best shot at me.
Do what I said! WHATEVER? blah, blah, blah...
តើអាជ្ញាធរនៅតាមព្រំដែនហ៊ានធ្វើតាមបញ្ជាសម្តេចហ៊ុនសែនទេ?មិនជឿទេ។
មើលឧទាហរណ៏កន្លងមកចុះដូចជា១)សកម្មជនសៀម៣នាក់ដែលចូលប្រាសាទព្រះវិហ៊ារដំបូង២)ទាហ៊ានសៀមស្លៀកពាក់សីុវិលដែលអាជ្ញាធរយើងចាប់បានក្នុងអំឡុងពេលដែលមានការបាញ់ផ្លោងដោយគ្រាប់កាំភ្លើងធំរបស់សៀមចូលជ្រៅក្នុងទឹកដីខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យឬខេត្តព្រះវិហ៊ារ?ហើយក្រសួងការបរទេសយើងបានស្នើរប្រគល់ទៅឲសៀមវិញតាមរយៈស្ថានទូតសៀម(តែមិនឃើញមានពត៌មានបានចុះផ្សាយជាផ្លូវការនូវការទទួលនេះទេ?)៣)ពួកយុវជនវ័យក្មេងសៀម៦នាក់ដែលបានបន្លំចូលមករកបេះផ្លែឈើនឹងផ្កាព្រៃនៅចំណុចជប់អង្គញ់ភូមិថ្មដូនឃុំគោគមនស្រុកបន្ទាយអំពិលខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យកាលពីថ្ងៃ១៩កញ្ញា២០០៩ហើយត្រូវបានដោះលែងវិញដោយកម្លាំងយោធានៅព្រំដែនថ្មដូន។ល។
i supported my prime minister' frustration with siem thugs! go cambodia!
in today's cambodia, we give no land to anyone. we are using the law of the land and those law prevented anyone traitors to sell khmer land to any foreigners, really. hey, just a reminder, cambodia is not in the dark ages anymore, plus the whole world is not in the dark ages, either. so, be warned and be educated. cambodia is a land of rule of law, so it is illegal and against khmer law to sell or give khmer land to any foreign for any favor like during the dark ages or stone ages, ok! wake up, people!
Really? shooting unarmed civlians is inhumane and cruel. Cambodia should not resort to violence against our neighbours, nor to revenge the death of the cambodian teenager who was burnt alive by a group of thai soldiers. We will never see an end to the border conflict as long as we keep adding fuel to the fire. We, Cambodian people, must keep our high moral standard and respect the value of human life. We can keep the thais off our land by using less violent means such as arresting illegal persons and send them back to thailand.
9:42 AM
I respect your opinion, but I think you are dreaming in technicolor.
I like what he said now. But let's see what he would do if Thais stepped into the area again.
Thai's militaries killed, tortured and raped Khmer civilians all the time since the late 1970, I think we should do the same thing back to them, to let them know that if you continue to commit crime against our people, we will do the samething to you. We should do this until the Thai agree not to commite these kind of crime against our people. All Cambodians should be behind Samdech Hun Sen on this issue. Economicly, we don't need Thailand anyway, becuase thailand don't buy much from Cambodia, only Cambodia buy alot from Thailand.
9:42AM, You probably never been at the border between Cambodia and Thailand, if you been there, you should knew what Thai's militaries did to Cambodian civilians all the time, they killed, tortured and raped.
When this son-of-Vietnamese bitch opens his mouth, lots of maggots come out of his stinky mouth, and his breath scatters and pollutes th air. Ah Sen, please shut your fucking stinky mouth, because your breath smells worse than a rotten corpse.
CPP Traitor
of course, my prime minister is right. it's called self-defense, in case the siem thugs did not understand this! god bless cambodia.
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