9/11/2009
Bangkok Post and Agencies
PHNOM PENH : Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Cambodia this week after being named the country's economic adviser, Prime Minister Hun Sen says.
"Thaksin will be at the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Nov 12, to hold a briefing with more than 300 Cambodian economics experts," Hun Sen said at Phnom Penh International Airport.
The visit is likely to increase tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, which have escalated since Wednesday when Cambodia announced the appointment of Thaksin as an adviser to the prime minister and the government. Both countries have since recalled their ambassadors.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday said Thailand would seek the extradition of Thaksin if he was on Cambodian soil. The two countries have an extradition agreement.
Thaksin was convicted by a Thai court last year for conflict of interest in a property deal, but while on bail he fled into exile overseas.
The Foreign Ministry has to identify Thaksin's exact location and then contact the Office of the Attorney-General to start the extradition process.
The ministry will use its diplomatic channels to contact the Cambodian government on the extradition.
Chief prosecutor for foreign affairs Sirisak Tiyaphan said the OAG would speed up the process if it was contacted by the ministry. But he indicated it could be hard to pin down Thaksin's exact whereabouts.
Mr Abhisit said Thaksin's extradition would rest with Cambodia.
Hun Sen refused to say exactly when Thaksin would arrive.
Cambodia said last week the charges against Thaksin were "politically motivated" and vowed not to extradite him if he travelled to the country.
"Please let Thaksin share my burden of boosting the economy of Cambodia," Hun Sen appealed to Thais yesterday.
But the Cambodian prime minister also downplayed tensions at the border, announcing the withdrawal of elite paratroopers from disputed territory near Preah Vihear temple.
"After examining the situation at the border between Cambodia and Thailand, the situation was quiet," he said. "So I announce the withdrawal of special paratroopers from the area at Preah Vihear temple, and their return to the headquarters.
"The implementation will be finished within a week."
Hun Sen, however, left open the possibility of shutting the border entirely, responding to a threat made by Thailand last week.
"If you want to close, close it. The loss will be mutual," said Hun Sen, pointing out that Thailand had more to lose in terms of border trade profit.
"If Thais want to close the border, Cambodia will follow. If Thais close the border, all trade between Cambodia and Thailand will be cut off."
Commander Chab Pheakdey, head of the paratrooper unit, refused to divulge the number of soldiers that would be withdrawn.
Meanwhile, the Thai cabinet will officially scrap a memorandum of understanding with Cambodia on an overlapping maritime boundary tomorrow, a Foreign Ministry source said.
The memo is a framework for officials to negotiate demarcation of the area in the Gulf of Thailand and on joint deals to develop gas and oil there.
The end of the agreement does not take immediate effect as Thailand is required to inform Cambodia three months in advance of the decision. Parliament is also debating its response to the row.
"Thaksin will be at the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Nov 12, to hold a briefing with more than 300 Cambodian economics experts," Hun Sen said at Phnom Penh International Airport.
The visit is likely to increase tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, which have escalated since Wednesday when Cambodia announced the appointment of Thaksin as an adviser to the prime minister and the government. Both countries have since recalled their ambassadors.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday said Thailand would seek the extradition of Thaksin if he was on Cambodian soil. The two countries have an extradition agreement.
Thaksin was convicted by a Thai court last year for conflict of interest in a property deal, but while on bail he fled into exile overseas.
The Foreign Ministry has to identify Thaksin's exact location and then contact the Office of the Attorney-General to start the extradition process.
The ministry will use its diplomatic channels to contact the Cambodian government on the extradition.
Chief prosecutor for foreign affairs Sirisak Tiyaphan said the OAG would speed up the process if it was contacted by the ministry. But he indicated it could be hard to pin down Thaksin's exact whereabouts.
Mr Abhisit said Thaksin's extradition would rest with Cambodia.
Hun Sen refused to say exactly when Thaksin would arrive.
Cambodia said last week the charges against Thaksin were "politically motivated" and vowed not to extradite him if he travelled to the country.
"Please let Thaksin share my burden of boosting the economy of Cambodia," Hun Sen appealed to Thais yesterday.
But the Cambodian prime minister also downplayed tensions at the border, announcing the withdrawal of elite paratroopers from disputed territory near Preah Vihear temple.
"After examining the situation at the border between Cambodia and Thailand, the situation was quiet," he said. "So I announce the withdrawal of special paratroopers from the area at Preah Vihear temple, and their return to the headquarters.
"The implementation will be finished within a week."
Hun Sen, however, left open the possibility of shutting the border entirely, responding to a threat made by Thailand last week.
"If you want to close, close it. The loss will be mutual," said Hun Sen, pointing out that Thailand had more to lose in terms of border trade profit.
"If Thais want to close the border, Cambodia will follow. If Thais close the border, all trade between Cambodia and Thailand will be cut off."
Commander Chab Pheakdey, head of the paratrooper unit, refused to divulge the number of soldiers that would be withdrawn.
Meanwhile, the Thai cabinet will officially scrap a memorandum of understanding with Cambodia on an overlapping maritime boundary tomorrow, a Foreign Ministry source said.
The memo is a framework for officials to negotiate demarcation of the area in the Gulf of Thailand and on joint deals to develop gas and oil there.
The end of the agreement does not take immediate effect as Thailand is required to inform Cambodia three months in advance of the decision. Parliament is also debating its response to the row.
8 comments:
Good moved! let Bangkok, Thailand burning like gassoline, don't blame us! you Thais people started the fire first! i told you not to take Prasat Preah Vihear as your games...Hun Sen retaliated! go right a head close your fuckent border, khmer don't give a Shit! your people will suffering more!!!!
20 Billions$$ dollars per years, Thailand will be lost....if you want to close...close!
Samdech Phset Ta Cho (and Mr. Soysauce Sopeat, funny names, isn't it?) is playing yuon and China's game. Little Khmers and Thai people will suffer more if they close the borders. "If you want to close, close it. The loss will be mutual," Hun Sen provoked the Thais. Brovo Samdech Phset Tacho and his crooked cronies!!!!
Ahbullshit came to power only after the Peu Thai party could not secure enough vote to elect its member PM. So, Ahbullshit came to power through a democratic way and is inline with its constitution and practices. I don't need to elaborate about this. The broblem is that both the Yellow shirts and red shirts wants to swallow our land. The red shirts are more dangerous to Cambodia that the yellow ones for the following reasons: The yellow ones want to take the whole Preah Vihea Temple wich is totally impossible for them. On the contrary, the red shirts admit that Preah Vihea is belong to Cambodia but they claimed the 4.6 Km2 that are rich minerals and oil. Mr. Naphadul Pattama, former minister of foeign affairs under Samak govt and is a legal aid to Thaksin, lured Hun Sen govt to keep the 4.6km2 which include the pagoda and the sourounding area as neutral or the so-called white zone. Therefore we could not list the area along with the Preah Vihea Temple as world heritage. Mr. Naphadul is becoming a hero for the red shirts and later on for Thailand that he could get the 4.6km2 from Cambodia. So, the red shirts are very pragmatic, whereas the yellow shirts are very imaginative in terms of negotiations with Hun Sen govt. The red shirts (Mr. Naphadul and Thaksin) gets the 4.6km2 from Cambodia and at the same time make Hun sen and his men happy whereas the yellow shirts got nothings but conflicts with Cambodia.
Thaksin was deposed because the royalists observed that Thaksin introduced Cambodian administration style in leading Thailand. Civil servants need to be members of the then Thai Rak Thai Party in order to be promoted or get a better job. Thaksin men spread rumours that Prachao Taksin is reborn.i.e. Thaksin himself. If Thaksin stayed any longer in power, he would become a dictator like Hun Sen and would deposed the Thai King and to become king himself or at least to reduce to rubble to power of the King like that of Cambodia's King, to become a Republic. So, what Hun Sen govt should do now is to come to an agreement with Ahbullshit govt to nulify the MOU signed with Naphadul regarding the 4.6kms otherwise the conflicts would last for centuries to come.
My bet is that abbshit will not dear to close the border and he will calm his head down soon.
Why Abhisit listen to PAD only? PM should listen to all people...right?
To Hun Sen (Leader of the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime)
Since you and the CPP assassinated, executed, killed and murdered jurnalists, political opponents, leaders of the free trade union, innocent men, innocent women and innocent children;
Do you have any plan to assassinate the Thai prime minister (Abhisit Vejjajiva)?
Are you going to send Brigade 70 (Hun Sen's Death Squad Unit) to assassinate the Thai prime minister (Abhisit Vejjajiva)?
Is it true, you only kill your own peoples, you will not kill Thai and Veitnamese peoples that cannot get enough of our land?
Is it true, you only kill innocent Khmer peoples with no weapon in their hands?
good for mr. hun sen. of course, my prime minister was right when he said that thailand isn't the only country on the planet to export their products to cambodia, really! i'm sure cambodia will and can look elsewhere for export and import, etc...
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