Thu, 21 Jan 2010
DPA
Phnom Penh - Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia for Dubai Thursday afternoon following an overnight visit, Cambodian government spokesman Prak Sokhon said. The visit was Thaksin's third to the Cambodian capital since being named an economic adviser to the government there in October, a move that put further strains on the already tense relationship between Thailand and Cambodia.
Prak Sokhon said he did not know whether Thaksin had met members of Puea Thai, the opposition political party in Thailand with which he is linked, during his stay.
On previous visits to Cambodia Thaksin met his political supporters from Thailand, who have vowed to escalate anti-government protests there.
Describing Thaksin's stay in Cambodia as "a stopover" en route to Dubai, Prak Sokhon said the former premier had not discussed the economy with government officials or with Prime Minister Hun Sen, with whom he dined Wednesday evening.
"When politicians meet politicians, they talk about politics," he said.
The visit was unlikely to improve ties between Thailand and Cambodia, which remain at their lowest level in years.
Cambodia appointed Thaksin, who has a two-year jail sentence still to serve in Thailand for abuse of power, as an economic adviser to the government and to Hun Sen.
Those appointments and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite Thaksin outraged Bangkok and saw both countries withdraw their ambassadors and senior embassy staff. The ambassadors have yet to return.
This month, the Cambodian government rejected a demand by Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya that Phnom Penh dismiss Thaksin as an adviser before relations between the two countries could improve.
Bangkok considers the appointment of Thaksin, the de facto opposition leader, as interference in its internal politics.
Thaksin was prime minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006 before being toppled in a bloodless coup. He fled the country and has lived in self-imposed exile, mostly in Dubai, since August 2008.
The relationship between the two neighbours has been tense for more than a year with a number of clashes reported between their troops over a disputed piece of land near the 11th-century Preah Vihear border temple in northern Cambodia.
Prak Sokhon said he did not know whether Thaksin had met members of Puea Thai, the opposition political party in Thailand with which he is linked, during his stay.
On previous visits to Cambodia Thaksin met his political supporters from Thailand, who have vowed to escalate anti-government protests there.
Describing Thaksin's stay in Cambodia as "a stopover" en route to Dubai, Prak Sokhon said the former premier had not discussed the economy with government officials or with Prime Minister Hun Sen, with whom he dined Wednesday evening.
"When politicians meet politicians, they talk about politics," he said.
The visit was unlikely to improve ties between Thailand and Cambodia, which remain at their lowest level in years.
Cambodia appointed Thaksin, who has a two-year jail sentence still to serve in Thailand for abuse of power, as an economic adviser to the government and to Hun Sen.
Those appointments and Phnom Penh's refusal to extradite Thaksin outraged Bangkok and saw both countries withdraw their ambassadors and senior embassy staff. The ambassadors have yet to return.
This month, the Cambodian government rejected a demand by Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya that Phnom Penh dismiss Thaksin as an adviser before relations between the two countries could improve.
Bangkok considers the appointment of Thaksin, the de facto opposition leader, as interference in its internal politics.
Thaksin was prime minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006 before being toppled in a bloodless coup. He fled the country and has lived in self-imposed exile, mostly in Dubai, since August 2008.
The relationship between the two neighbours has been tense for more than a year with a number of clashes reported between their troops over a disputed piece of land near the 11th-century Preah Vihear border temple in northern Cambodia.
9 comments:
Why this time so short? Just flew over to dine with his internity friend? What a marvelous dinner?
Did anybody smell fishy at the dinner table? When the coup start? who should be in charge? how to smuggle weapons to Thailand ect...?
When you are an accomplice of a criminal, you are criminal.
"Ceux qui se ressemblent se rassemblent."
When hatred to Hun Sen and CPP is your life goal you cannot have any vision. This is why Cambodia's opposition under Xam RainXy is going nowhere, if not down the drain, through the uprooting event along border post No. 185, insulting to anyone who supports the CPP, create chaos in society, big liar... and runs really fast to overseas. "Xam RainXy has had only two ways in dealing with his political career: come back to Cambodia to face the trial on 27 January 2010. Don't just made a mess and runs fast like that, or unshamefully write a letter to apologise to PM Hun Sen... There is no example in the whole world of any country being a democratic and prosperous one with the same leader of opposition for decades,"
Khmer in Sydney CBD
Fuck u AH corruption's team(ah youn ). failure cpp youn.
khmer phnom pen.
When survival is your life goal and Khmer in Sydney CBD blind and deaf you cannot have any vision. This is why Cambodia under Hun Sen with the support of Khmer in Sydney CBD is going nowhere, if not down the drain, [through] corruption, poverty, human-rights abuses, in spite of competent civil servants, dedicated civil society and abundant natural resources plus stupid ignorance like Khmer in Sydney CBD... Hun Sen has had only two ways in dealing with his political opponents: Buy them, Khmer in Sydney CBD, already bought, or eliminate them including ah Khmer in Sydney CBD when no longer useful, either physically, [through] grenade attack, military coup [...] or politically, [through] sham lawsuits, I prefer ah Khmer in Sydney CBD be hung, ... There is no example in the whole world of any country being a democratic and prosperous one with the same top leader for decades"
The downgraded relations between the two countries were not becuase of Cambodia appointed Thaksin as Economic Adviser to Hun Sen and his government and/or refused to extradite Thaksin to the Thais' govt. In fact, Hun Sen had nailed the head down on Thai's govt for thier invasion to Cambodia on 15July 2008. Cambodian govt should have had recalled its Ambassador since then but Cambodian govt tried to keep its patience in a high level in order to solve the border issues peacefully with the existing mechanisms. Furthermore, the Cambodian govt informed thai several times that "relations will be normal" when Thai govt pull out their troops from the disputed areas/borders and keep the situation as before 15 July 08.
In contradiction, Thai's govt especially Kasit and Abhisit tried to pour fuel on the fire onto Cambodia from one to another by using many forms and means in order to divert their internal political strife by using Khmer's Preah Vihear temple as a hostage. And of course, they wanted to keep the border situation as it is now and as long as possible in order to play their political game and gains. This is very unethical and unacceptable behavior as a civilized country and as ASEAN nation members.
Hence, the issue is not because of Thaksin's appointment nor the extradition that made Cambodian-Thai relations getting worse..!
Cambodian's Preah Vihear Temple has been listed for the purpose of the world's humanity and culture. But the Temple has now been blasted with blood between Thai and Thai; and between Thai and Cambodia while Cambodia wants only peace on it own country.
The relations between the two countries now are very fragile situation and it can be turned into the stronger clash again, if Thai govt is still using Khmer's Preah Vihear temple as thier political purpose. However, Thai must review its stand on Khmer's Preah Vihear Temple and relations before it's too late..! The involved world bodies should deal with Thailand on the Preah Vihear and the border issues with their recognized maps stored at the UN body.
Cambodian govt should also review and submit the agenda during the next ASEAN meeting in Viet Nam.
That pathetic Khmer in Sydney CBD is clearly a CPP cliques who happens to be in Sydney CBD or pretending to be when he/she writes from somewhere in the world. Every comments choose to be anonymous here has a valid reason however the Khmer in Sydney CBD's writing appears to be a cowardly statement as the person has a specific agenda. The actual Khmer people in Sydney are heightened with patriotic SPIRIT not like the idiot lost soul who sold his/her spirit to the lost cause.
You're right 8:13AM and i wish him/her be hung for sold out brain. I know several khmers from Sydney who use their knowledge and intelligence to help protect khmer from Yourn unlike this low life, useless, rotten who do nothing in Australia except waiting for an order from vermin in Cambodia.
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