Khmer anti-riot troops prevent Khmer MPs from visiting the encroached area15 Dec 2009
By Uon Chhin
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
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Following their visit to review border post installations in Svay Rieng province, a group of SRP MPs claimed that the border delimitation between Cambodia and Vietnam indeed led to losses of Cambodian territories.
Even though the authority tried to set obstacle for them, delegates of a group of opposition MPs were able to travel to their destination, and they indicated that the planting of border posts was not performed correctly.
Following the visit of 21 SRP MPs and a number of other opposition officials to the site of border post no. 152, located in Pong Teuk commune, Romduol district, and the site of border post no. 185 located in Samrong commune, Chantrea district, Svay Rieng province, on Monday 14 December, Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman, determined that the border delimitation between Cambodia and Vietnam led to the loss of Cambodian territories.
Yim Sovann said: “The government and the National Assembly, in particular the [National Assembly’s] border and foreign affairs committee should take immediate measures to review the border post planting. There are thousands of border posts, we just saw 4 or 5 them and they affect the people’s lands that much already, what will happen when it comes to thousands of border posts, how much [land] will be lost?”
Var Kim Hong, the chairman of the Cambodian joint border committee, said that the claim made by SRP MPs has no technical basis, he added that the action taken by the opposition MPs was done for political gain.
Var Kim Hong said: “They should be fortuneteller, that would be more befitting. If they are not fortunetellers, they wouldn’t know that there were [territories] lost. We have all the necessary technique and we still don’t know clearly yet, how about them who only went to look, and they heard the villagers told them this and that. This is difficult to say.”
The visit of SRP MPs to Samrong commune, Chantrea district, was met with police barrage. The cops were equipped with riot shields, batons, electric baton. The cops also brought in large trucks to block traffic to the Wat Ang Romdenh pagoda.
Nevertheless, the car convoy carrying the SRP MPs took a detour through rice fields and ultimately arrived at Wat Ang Romdenh pagoda.
Inside the pagoda, the MPs met with about 100 villagers. Tense negotiations took place with about 20 cops and several other border troops so that the MPs can visit the location where Mr. Sam Rainsy uprooted border stakes last 25 October.
After they were refused access, local villagers who are already incensed by the situation decided to push through the police barrage. Finally the MPs and the local villagers were able to reach the location [where Sam Rainsy uprooted the border stakes which is located] about 300-meter from Wat Ang Romdenh pagoda.
Even though the authority tried to set obstacle for them, delegates of a group of opposition MPs were able to travel to their destination, and they indicated that the planting of border posts was not performed correctly.
Following the visit of 21 SRP MPs and a number of other opposition officials to the site of border post no. 152, located in Pong Teuk commune, Romduol district, and the site of border post no. 185 located in Samrong commune, Chantrea district, Svay Rieng province, on Monday 14 December, Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman, determined that the border delimitation between Cambodia and Vietnam led to the loss of Cambodian territories.
Yim Sovann said: “The government and the National Assembly, in particular the [National Assembly’s] border and foreign affairs committee should take immediate measures to review the border post planting. There are thousands of border posts, we just saw 4 or 5 them and they affect the people’s lands that much already, what will happen when it comes to thousands of border posts, how much [land] will be lost?”
Var Kim Hong, the chairman of the Cambodian joint border committee, said that the claim made by SRP MPs has no technical basis, he added that the action taken by the opposition MPs was done for political gain.
Var Kim Hong said: “They should be fortuneteller, that would be more befitting. If they are not fortunetellers, they wouldn’t know that there were [territories] lost. We have all the necessary technique and we still don’t know clearly yet, how about them who only went to look, and they heard the villagers told them this and that. This is difficult to say.”
The visit of SRP MPs to Samrong commune, Chantrea district, was met with police barrage. The cops were equipped with riot shields, batons, electric baton. The cops also brought in large trucks to block traffic to the Wat Ang Romdenh pagoda.
Nevertheless, the car convoy carrying the SRP MPs took a detour through rice fields and ultimately arrived at Wat Ang Romdenh pagoda.
Inside the pagoda, the MPs met with about 100 villagers. Tense negotiations took place with about 20 cops and several other border troops so that the MPs can visit the location where Mr. Sam Rainsy uprooted border stakes last 25 October.
After they were refused access, local villagers who are already incensed by the situation decided to push through the police barrage. Finally the MPs and the local villagers were able to reach the location [where Sam Rainsy uprooted the border stakes which is located] about 300-meter from Wat Ang Romdenh pagoda.
11 comments:
To all Khmers, if it is true that the Khmer's farm lands have been taking by the Viet Namese, but Ah S-var Kim Hong refuse to see it, we all as the Khmers (Rightfull owner of the lands)will have the right to take him to court then cut his head off.
3:05 PM,
If you want to do so, why don't you tell us your name? Don't use "Anonymous said" I will send your name to Khmer Rough Tribunal.
WHY DOES SVAY KIM HONG AND THE THUGS NAME HUN XEN REFUSE TO OPENLY INVESTIGATE THE BORDERS ISSUE AND EXPLAIN IT WITH KHMER PEOPLE, PRESS AND THE OPPOSITION PARTY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE TO ALL OF US. UNLESS THEY HAVE COMMIT TREASON OF SECRETLY GIVING EASTERN PART OF OUR COUNTRY TO VIET THIEF AND TO CONVERT ATTENTION BY MAKING FALSE ACCUSATION AGAINST OPPOSITION SAMRAINSY FOR POLITICAL GAINS.
SVAR KIM HONG HAS TOLD US THAT HE WILL EXPLAIN THE BORDER TREATY WITH VIET THIEF IN 1985&2005 BUT SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HEAR ANYTHING YET, SOMEKING OF PROPAGAND THAT THEY ARE KNOWN TO USED DURING VIETNAM WAR WHICH THEY ARE GOOD AT IT AND STILL USE IT TODAY. NO SUPRISE THAT KHMER TODAY ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THESE THIEF ANYMORE.
CPP should admit simply that they gives thoss lands to Vietnam.
Of course you betray your conutry but at least you are honest.
You are so fucking stupid took the border post away.Why fuck all of you guys don't go to court room and talking about that? Why fuck all of you guys did like that without permit? So meant while all of you guys just made the trouble.
A Fuck You should go to ah Fuck court yourself (taov). A Fuck you dont know (Te Tha)A Fuck Court all over the country are useless and just as corrupt as (krum ) a Fuck you. Ah Hun Sen (Mé Mafia Yukom+ Mi A Chrok ) give hand to all a fuck you doing lawlessness all over the country. Ah Fuck you should know this, Ah Fuck you should know that those on the luxury treasure are from the sweat and blood of the grass root. Ah Hun Sen not win the election by fairness means (te) ah Fuck you know te. killing, threatening, manipulating, buying,jailing, etc. Ah Fuck you also have known that CPP will never win the election thru the legal and fair mean (te).Ah fuck you also know that it is wrong while seeing ah women licker and abuser Kanharith doing as fucking vulga govt spokesman and also vulga CPP spokesman. if Ah fuck you respect justice and lord Buddha ah fuck you will see the real things.
The Hun Xen plice have no brain!!!!they kill the own people the same ah Hun Xen!!!
They have no consideration,no brain!!!
Var Kim Hong said: "We have all the necessary technique and we still don’t know clearly yet."
=Tell me what necessary technique? The fact is AH SVA KIMHONG will never know and never will know about dirt poor Cambodian farmers who lost their land due to the Vietcong government border encroachment!
Here are some of the reasons! First AH SVA KIMHONG didn't use international map because he even deny what is on Cambodian international map! Second since the Vietcong invasion of Cambodia since 1979 and many illegal border treaties in favor of the Vietcong encroachment on Khmer land are legal in the eye of AH SVA KIMHONG!
Third, what international law did AH SVA KIMHONG use in dealing with the Vietcong government in determine where the border posts should go?
Don't believe AH SVA KIMHONG for a moment that he has experience and expertise in border demarcation because he has none!
I want everybody including AH HUN SEN himself to prove me wrong by providing the personal background of AH SVA KIMHONG to the Cambodian people and what has he done before he became the so called border specialist on Cambodian border demarcation matter?
I have enough of this Sva and the rest of his family tree!
Oh my gawd. I know it and I feel it. It is happening for real this time. The truth is out of the bag as admitted by ah Svar Kimhong himself. Even former Hun Sen's top general Ke Kim Yarn provided evidence of Vietnamese grabbing of the Khmer territory. Ah Svar Kimhong said that he and his team do not even know despite the fact of all the technical experties. Lol. This baffoon has got to go. He is too old and stupid now. He has to retire and let someone else do the job. We have to reviewwwwww everything and undo all the grave mistakes committed by ah Spineless baffoon called Ah Svar KimHong.
they must listen to khmer people, especially the locals living for generation along the khmer/viet borders. can't just ignore khmer's people complain, you know. after all, viet thieves had history to stealing khmer land anyway! so, why should khmer people trust viet/youn, huh? this is not the dark ages, you know!
IF CPP-and VIETNAM PP GOVERNMENTS DID NOT TAKE CAMBODIAN LAND. Why did they not allow SRP and people go to see there.King farther must tell the true to your lovely people. Is it the new border the same as the border under your regime? as claimed by Var Kim Hong and CPP?
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