Surin Pitsuwan (Photo: AFP)BANGKOK, March 5 (Bernama) -- Asean fears that Cambodia may send a wrong signal to the world when that country conducted multiple rocket test yesterday in the wake of its cold relations with Thailand.
Asean Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan said today that Cambodia might have signaled as though the region was unstable.
"We are very concerned with such development," he told Bernama after attending the International Conference on Changing Global Landscape and its Implications on Regional Architecture, at the Bangkok Convention Centre here.
Asked whether Asean considered the test as an act of provocation by Cambodia, he said: "I have no details. I have to look into the details first."
Cambodia fired about 200 rounds from the Soviet-made BM21 rocket launcher in the mountains of remote Kampong Chhnang province, about 80km north of Phnom Penh and hit target within a range of 20km to 40km.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was reported as saying that the exercise was to prepare for the defence of his country and not about showing any military capabilities even though Cambodia and Thailand were at loggerheads.
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that Thailand had no problem with the exercise as it was a normal practice for a country to conduct military exercises.
Thailand and Cambodia have long outstanding border claims over an area surrounding an ancient Hindu temple, known as Preah Viher in Cambodia and as Phra Viharn in Thailand, which was named a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
The world court ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia but it did not touch on the disputed surrounding area.
Thai-Cambodian relations took a nose dive when Cambodia named fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as its economic advisor late last year and refused to extradite him to Thailand despite requests.
Thaksin was reported to be living in self-exile in Dubai to avoid a two-year jail term for corruption.
Asean Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan said today that Cambodia might have signaled as though the region was unstable.
"We are very concerned with such development," he told Bernama after attending the International Conference on Changing Global Landscape and its Implications on Regional Architecture, at the Bangkok Convention Centre here.
Asked whether Asean considered the test as an act of provocation by Cambodia, he said: "I have no details. I have to look into the details first."
Cambodia fired about 200 rounds from the Soviet-made BM21 rocket launcher in the mountains of remote Kampong Chhnang province, about 80km north of Phnom Penh and hit target within a range of 20km to 40km.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was reported as saying that the exercise was to prepare for the defence of his country and not about showing any military capabilities even though Cambodia and Thailand were at loggerheads.
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that Thailand had no problem with the exercise as it was a normal practice for a country to conduct military exercises.
Thailand and Cambodia have long outstanding border claims over an area surrounding an ancient Hindu temple, known as Preah Viher in Cambodia and as Phra Viharn in Thailand, which was named a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
The world court ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia but it did not touch on the disputed surrounding area.
Thai-Cambodian relations took a nose dive when Cambodia named fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as its economic advisor late last year and refused to extradite him to Thailand despite requests.
Thaksin was reported to be living in self-exile in Dubai to avoid a two-year jail term for corruption.
39 comments:
What a stupid reaction from Asean. Thailand just finished it military exercise along the Cambodian-Thai border, but no one react to that exercise, but why only on Cambodia? What a stupid? Cambodian government should response to this fucking reaction.
Dear Surin Pinsovaan
Why don't you reaction when Thailand made a weapon test near the border next to the Khmer Temple (Preah Vihear) but now we just did in our land away from Thai and just only a small test and you feel so bad about that ? R u the representatives of ASEAN or Thailand ?
Could you ask Thaland how many times has they done the weapon test along the border? and had the Khmer temple????
Surin Pinsovan is bandit for Siem spokerman, fucking asshole, son of bitch.
(Signed) Hun Xen
Your mother fucker, Surin Pinsovann.
This fart face should throw him with bowl of shit on his face. no brainer
This is like claiming the Nazi were victims of Jewish aggression!
The more meaningful, just approach from the head of this association would be to find means to discourage the two historical bullies of Cambodia from abusing the small nation sandwiched between them.
The core of this lingering conflict and military tension started off and kept alive by Thai arrogance and insolence.
They have no intention of waging a full-scale war with Cambodia and yet feel at liberty to step on the latter's toe whenever supra-nationalist sentiment - that fictitious creature of Thai aggrandizement - demands.
It seems the Thais have never given up their treachery. Cambodia needs to put a stop to this nonsense.
MP
Fucking your mother Surin Pitsuwan,
Both of them are stupid ( Pitsuwan and Hun Sen ) Pitsuwan , your re-action was not a smart one . Hun Sen got nothing to show if you compare that to Thailand and Vietnam . Hun Sen , shame on you for showing the weapon that has been out of date.
4:54 PM .
Stop making that non-sense . Your comments are not from your head , they are from your heart that's full of anger . You are no better than Hun Sen , go get some anger management help before its too late.
=Oh well! This fucken article was originate in Bangcock and it sole purpose is to spread Siem propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation to cover up Siem naked aggression on Cambodia!
"Asean Secretary-General Dr Surin Pitsuwan said today that Cambodia might have signaled as though the region was unstable."
=When Siem military exercise the shoot of their artillery and land on Cambodian soil and this is not unstable to the region? When Siem fly their F-16 into Cambodian airspace and this is not unstable to the region? When Siem military occupied Cambodian land is not unstable to the region? These Siem better take a good look at themselves first before saying shit about Cambodia because what they have done is well documented!
"The world court ruled in 1962 that the temple belonged to Cambodia but it did not touch on the disputed surrounding area."
=Now I keep reading this same old statement repeating by the Siem leaders over, over and over! These fucken Siem leaders think that Khmer people were so stupid enough to build their Preah Vihear temple in Thailand? Tell me why didn't the Siem leaders have objection in the first place if the Khmer people build this temple in their land? In fact these are Khmer land and were recently occupied by the Siem during the French colonial and in fact the French even give more land to the Siem and the Youn and leave Khmer with a piece of land called Cambodia! Now these Siem leaders want to force Cambodian leaders to give up more land for them? I say hell no to these Siem leaders and war is the answer!
why ki media is so concern of Bangkcock post? we all know that this newspaper is bias. please don't publish in your blog. don't waste your time reading nonesense stories from this newspaper. they are all bullshit!!!
Yep, this Surin Pitsuwan guy is working for Thai interest, he doesn't represent the voice of ASEAN.
Thailand just conducted a large military exercise a long the border not long ago, but no one have any reaction.
In the past, when doing the military exercise, Thai even sent more than 10 artillery shell into Cambodia. Why I never heard ASEAN have any reaction!!
The Cambodia military only test old BM21 to make sure the rocket still work after left in stock pile for almost 30 years. And the testing site are far far away from Thai Cambodian border.
See Video archive of the Cambodian military testing BM21 at this link:
http://www.cambodianforum.org/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=561
I wonder if KI Media is serving the interest of Cambodia or Thailand!! Why you guys always side with the Thai media in their propaganda effort to hurt Cambodian image.
Come on now, even you hate Hun Sen, at least you don't hate all people living in Cambodia right? So stop serving the Thai interest and help Cambodia fight with the Siam false propaganda.
again, people needed to be educated about cambodia. cambodia has already said its conducting a military exercise like they do with cobra gold other military exercises out there. so, what is a big fuss, maybe just the ignorance of the fact, etc...
what about their stupid recent cobra gold exercise???
i know, they pretend they never seen a military exercise before or something! what planet are they from, anyway?
SURIN, your reaction to the Cambodia test BM21 is very stupid. you must step down. you can not represent of the ASEAN country. Because are animal act. your wrongful action will come to your country. when your KING died. You should know that millions of Cambodia in USA will STAND with Cambodia goverment if you guy doing not faire with Cambodia.
Cambodian-American will not forget the suffering during the wartime by your animal soldier. Khmer Soth, USA
SURIN, your reaction to the Cambodia test BM21 is very stupid. you must step down. you can not represent of the ASEAN country. Because are animal act. your wrongful action will come to your country. when your KING died. You should know that millions of Cambodia in USA will STAND with Cambodia goverment if you guy doing not faire with Cambodia.
Cambodian-American will not forget the suffering during the wartime by your animal soldier. Khmer Soth, USA
SURIN, your reaction to the Cambodia test BM21 is very stupid. you must step down. you can not represent of the ASEAN country. Because are animal act. your wrongful action will come to your country. when your KING died. You should know that millions of Cambodia in USA will STAND with Cambodia goverment if you guy doing not faire with Cambodia.
Cambodian-American will not forget the suffering during the wartime by your animal soldier. Khmer Soth, USA
SURIN, your reaction to the Cambodia test BM21 is very stupid. you must step down. you can not represent of the ASEAN country. Because are animal act. your wrongful action will come to your country. when your KING died. You should know that millions of Cambodia in USA will STAND with Cambodia goverment if you guy doing not faire with Cambodia.
Cambodian-American will not forget the suffering during the wartime by your animal soldier. Khmer Soth, USA
We can start a petition DEMANDING the RESIGNATION of Surin P. for making a provocative statment which may causes the region stability. We need him to resign asap.
I told you that guy Surin Putsuwan is very bias.
What about Thailand last time or they have been having military exercise and Cambodia never say a thing.
Thai just jeoulous that we can modernize our military a little bit.
Screw that guy Surin!!
"ASEAN Secretary General Dr Surin Pitsuwan noted that test-firing the rocket launcher could be perceived as a sign of regional instability. "We are very concerned with such development," he said, pledging a closer look at the situation".
The statement from Dr. Surin Pitsuwan who's himself a Thai citizen as quote above is bias and ignorant. For matter of fact, when is he concern of this problem along Cambodian and Thai border? How many times that Thai military excercise their drill by the border and cross over to Cambodia's territory not mention of flying over Cambodia's airspace over 40 times and their excercise rockkets land in our territory many times also. Many Khmer citizen were aso shot down, burned alive by Thai military for illegal crossing. Did Dr. Pitsuwan ever concerned of the violation of Cambodian air space, land, and human right? Dr. Pitsuwan aslo said action sends the “wrong” signal, suggesting regional instability. This is the first time that Cambodian military test their rocket launcher since the civil war ended. The testing not even close to Thai border. How is this so wrong Dr. Pitsuwan after all actions I has described above has done so many times by your military?
ASEAN is weak has no gut to do anything about it. Only stand by to see weak nation stumped and stepped on by the other because they afraid of ther own business trade. Thai government has their own political agenda. They use Preah Vihear as their excuse every time the fight each other for power.
If you are a real educate man Dr.Pitsuwan, please take a look at Case Concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear(Merits), Judgment of 15 june 1962. You may be educated but don't be bias, stupid, and ignorant.
Jeffrey Serey Hola,
Concern Khmer Citizen
Lancaster, California.
12:46 AM,
I am applauding you because you nail them!
Thai are the aggression nation and GREED nation plus they got its nationality being the secretary of the ASEAN. This is very unjust and bias to the region especially to Cambodia which being weak and looked down by this aggression nation (Thai).
He must step down and re-appoint the one that is being neutral to its region.
KhmerBoston,
Sorinpinsown,
You should not be a representative of the ASEAN nations since you are bias.
Thailand just finished the military drill recently, why you stupid guy say nothing?
A THIEF NATION!!!! SHOULD BE SHAME!!!
SURIN, you must step down, do not wast spring water. guy like you can not represented the ASEAN nation. Million Cambodia-American in USA can not accepted your animal comment. Khmer soth, USA
SURIN, you must know that your spring water is ASEAN nation paid for it. Why you work for THAI interest. YOU MUST STEP DOWN. Khmer Soth, USA
I am so lost trust in ASEAN since this guy became a secretary of its group.
In the case of Prasat Preah Vihear for instance, if ASEAN really wants to see the talk of dialogue between the two nation they could have done it. But instead I see no fruitful bare from the ASEAN since it is a nationality is running the show.
Indoneasia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore wants to see the talk between Cambodia and Thailand but Surin never initiated it.
KhmerAbroad,
Asean Nation!! please kick Mr Surin P..butt off of Asean representative, he's bias to Siamese,and working for AbhiShit Siamese GOV'T not Asean nation.
My Q? are these:
Why is this stupid man did not reacting when Siamese thrill(tested) their weapons a fewer KM away from Khmer border? more than one time. Why did this man ever react or quetioning Siamese GOV't why choosing to test near Khmer border? Why AbhiShit choose that time to do so?. During their execise, there were 9 Attilery had crossed the border into Khmerland near the KOK KPUOS village, Oddarmeanchey Province, Did this man raise his worry voice all telling Asean nation?. If you didn't Why?.
Let me telling you AbHISHit is the who need to concerned, his ambitious is imitating Hitler by bringing troop to occupied neighbouring country(Cambodia) then asking for aceptable negotiation by the way that AbhiShit wanted.
This polici is not working anymore only Hitler could do that not AH Siamese AbhiShit.
Down Ah Siamese!!!!!
ah!surin pisowan,what`s ever ??.the evil(prett)`ll bring you down to heel and lord budhha won`t help you,you `re on your own shit man!.if you keep scewing bias on cambodia!,you should know that your ancestor came from kambuja!!!!.remember what i`ve said and don`t forget you `re budhhist religious,needs to be honesty asshole!!@#@$@%.from me your father ,or one more thing,i need to remind you again! because i don`t want you to be fu#@#nut! your name surin means(the former khmers`territory)ok!!!.so nextime if you want to be bias on cambodia,just remember your fuc@$#%@#name.khmerblood from quebec,mtl canada.
he represent asean, what a shame for asean to pick him as chairman! resign already, ok!
This stupid son of a bitch always took side toward Thailand only! he'always interfered with Khmers all along, i heard this guy was crooked too..! Thailand paid him well..he's supposed to help every country, because he's a Asean Nations Chief..? why he'interfered with Khmers again and again? what' about Thais military exercises, and shelling into Cambodian side?? why didn't say anything about that too..? i hated this stupid mother fucker!! he help his own country only!!
I think Thailand put this guy as a Chief of Asean Nations for reason.., that's why Thai/Khmer never solve the problems..because of this guy Surin Pitsuwan..
If this guy crooked, they should get rid of him immediately..! why allow him to be Asean Nations Chief..? he should step down right away..!
What ta fuck he trying to say? only Thailand can do military exercise..? amd Khmers can't? fucken stupid Surin Pitsuwan...
What about Thailand military exercise and shelling into cambodian territory..? why this guy did not say anything about that..? cambodia has the right to defend herself, this military exercise is inside cambodia...?
of course,it's clearly a case of bias by ah surin, traitor of khmer!
I can't believed this son of a bitch open his stinky mouth...? why Thailand can do whatever they wanted..? and Khmer can not do it?? when the fighting borke out at Viel Intry, Phnom Trop, Thais shelling their artillery toward Preah vihear Temple instead...they intended to hit the Temple, and trying to destroy the Temple instead...Why didn't this guy say anything about it??
Thailand has never been stable in terms of internal politics, 2006 coup, red shirted movement and yellow shirted movement, and uprising in the south. What does it mean to the region, Pistuwan? Why did not you open your stink asshole? What message does it send to the world?
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