Photo: APBy Chun Sakada and Heng Reaksmey
Original report from Phnom Penh
09 November 2009
Thousands of people gathered in Phnom Penh Monday to begin three days of independence celebrations, 56 years after Cambodia left 90 years of French colonial rule.
King Norodom Sihamoni, whose father, Norodom Sihanouk, led the country through independence, lighted the flame of victory at Independence Monument, which will burn for three days to honor “patriots” who died in the cause of national independence.
Senior government officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen, attended the ceremony, as well as students and foreign diplomats attended the ceremony.
“This Nov. 9 Independence Day is a day to bring happiness and prosperity to Cambodians,” Kem Sokha, president of the Human Rights Party, said in a letter to the king, calling it a day for “mass solidarity under the shade of the royal crown.”
However, the day of celebration was darkened by a lingering diplomatic row with neighboring Thailand over the appointment of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser to Hun Sen.
Hun Sen said on Sunday Thaksin could travel to Cambodia this week, to give a lecture to Cambodian officials, a move opposed by Bangkok, which withdrew its ambassador last week.
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Monday Thailand would officially contact Cambodia over extradition if Thaksin arrives in Cambodia.
Cambodia has also withdrawn its ambassador from Bangkok. Thai officials say the next step could be to close the borders.
King Norodom Sihamoni, whose father, Norodom Sihanouk, led the country through independence, lighted the flame of victory at Independence Monument, which will burn for three days to honor “patriots” who died in the cause of national independence.
Senior government officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen, attended the ceremony, as well as students and foreign diplomats attended the ceremony.
“This Nov. 9 Independence Day is a day to bring happiness and prosperity to Cambodians,” Kem Sokha, president of the Human Rights Party, said in a letter to the king, calling it a day for “mass solidarity under the shade of the royal crown.”
However, the day of celebration was darkened by a lingering diplomatic row with neighboring Thailand over the appointment of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser to Hun Sen.
Hun Sen said on Sunday Thaksin could travel to Cambodia this week, to give a lecture to Cambodian officials, a move opposed by Bangkok, which withdrew its ambassador last week.
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Monday Thailand would officially contact Cambodia over extradition if Thaksin arrives in Cambodia.
Cambodia has also withdrawn its ambassador from Bangkok. Thai officials say the next step could be to close the borders.
10 comments:
The title should be " Cambodia marked its descend to killing field” day subjected to yuon domination and slavery
tep vong is a vietminh so yuon tool, not a religious. This man is not less criminal than duch to one degree closed
BUT TEP VONG BECOME THE FIRST MONK IN MORDERN CAMBODIA1 ANY ONE DARE TO DO BEFORE HIM WOULD BE EXECUTED!
Tep Vong is evil monk! Kiet ChanTuch is drunkard and sex maniac...monk!
Kiet ChanTuch monk watching porns inside the dome, and paid Top $dollars to yong viet girls from Ha tien, Kiet ChanTuch monk never allow layman or laywoman cleaning his dome, he had ordered them to stay away, this crooked monk collecting hundred hundred of thusand dollars from belivers abroads, he always get mad if layman get close to his dome without notice....
Tep Vong is a fake monk. This monk was a member of the Communist Party and Vice President of the NA in the years 80´s.
THIS IS BEST SYMBOL BUT ONE OF THE RIGHT SIDE SHOULD NOT BE THIS PICTURE
Independence Day,
My ass half-Viet Khmer king!
Your country of Cambodia is being Vietnamised.
And you're a Viet & Hun Sen's Rubber Stamp to benefit the Viet interests in Cambodia.
There should be a movie, in this movie there should be an evil monk name tep vong.
Beside today celebration. When is khmer gonna be freed from vietnam/fugen youn.
Vietnam is the master mind behind the Khmer/Thailand dispute so the Viet would benefit the most.
Although Nov 9 would mark Cambodia as an Independence Day from French colony in 90 years, it is still under the Vietnamese controlled Cambodia.
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