Thursday, March 25, 2010

Decisive Evidence of Border Encroachment: Summary and Conclusions

(Photo: Ly Meng Huor, RFI)

March 24, 2010

DECISIVE EVIDENCE OF BORDER ENCROACHMENT

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

I- My previous work on the border issue (October 2009 - February 2010)

My first purpose was to show that the so-called temporary border post # 185 made up of six wooden poles which I uprooted on October 25, 2009 in Koh Kban Kandal village, in Samraong commune, Chantrea district, Svay Rieng province, was located in fact within Cambodia’s territory, at a significant distance from the real and legal border between Cambodia and Vietnam, because the poles were planted in the middle of a Cambodian farmer’s rice field.

But in the process of doing the limited work as stated above, a team of several Cambodian and French experts assisting me has examined the border situation for the entire Samraong commune involving four different locations of newly erected "border" markers (# 184, 185, 186 and 187). We found that the locations were all inside Cambodia. Then we realized that the type of border encroachment we discovered in Samraong commune could have as well taken place in other communes, other districts and other provinces given the same political and administrative context that has prevailed in Cambodia since 1979.

In January and February this year, we presented evidence of border encroachment in two reports available at http://tinyurl.com/yeaoxyf and at http://tinyurl.com/ykbq57f.

In the first set of documents, we showed that the newly-planted so-called temporary border posts # 184, 185, 186 and 187 in Samraong commune were all inside Cambodia whether we based our observations and analyses on the official 1952 French SGI 1/100,000 map deposited at the UN in 1964, the 1966 US Army 1/50,000 map or more recent Google Earth satellite imagery. We estimated that the four so-called temporary border posts had been wrongfully planted inside Cambodia at a distance between 300 meters and 500 meters from the legal international border as delineated on both the French map and the US map.

In the second set of documents, we identified three real and legal border points in the vicinity of Samraong commune but in a zone now controlled by Vietnam. The geographical coordinates of those border points are specified in the 1985 Border Treaty between Cambodia and Vietnam (available at the Council of Ministers' website http://www.pressocm.gov.kh/border/11.php). As a matter of fact, we could confirm that those official border points are effectively located on -- or extremely near -- the border line as delineated on existing maps. However, we noticed that, on the two recognized maps as well as on satellite imagery, those three official border points are located much to the East of the newly-planted "temporary border posts" # 184 through 187, meaning that the latter clearly encroach on Cambodia’s territory, in stark violation of the 1985 Border Treaty.

Therefore, the so-called temporary border post I pulled out last year (# 185) and those nearby (# 184, 186 and 187) were not real border posts: They had been illegally planted well inside Cambodian territory, on Khmer farmers’ rice fields.

The result of our previous work as described above is now confirmed by the new report attached herewith, which is more elaborated, more exhaustive and most authoritative.

II- The new report (March 23, 2010)

To read the full report please click at http://tinyurl.com/y8s2ntw

This 14-page report in French titled "Géoréférencement des Cartes Trang Bang et Duc Hue" or Georeferencing of Trang Bang and Duc Hue Maps, was written by Mr Régis Caloz, a physicist and map expert specialized in Geographic Information System (GIS), who was a professor at the renowned Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland. I was introduced to Mr Caloz by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Here are the main points of the report:

1. All the maps and official documents that we have used so far are real, genuine and authentic (pages 2 to 4).

2. The analytical methods and tools we used previously were, on the whole, accurate. But more sophisticated, more refined and more precise methods and tools are used in the new report (pages 4 to 10).

A theoretical mistake we made previously related to a datum conversion has been fixed but with no change whatsoever in the final result (page 10): “The GPS locations under WGS 84, directly converted into UTM 48 without change in the ellipsoid and introduced on the (digitalized) Duc Hue map in UTM 48 under Everest (India) 60, coincide with the points obtained by following the procedure used for the first assumption which logically includes a datum conversion.”

["Les points GPS sous WGS 84, convertis directement en UTM 48 sans modification de l’ellipsoïde et introduits sur la carte Duc Hue en UTM 48 sous Everest (Indes) 60, se superposent aux points obtenus en suivant la procédure de la première hypothèse comportant logiquement la conversion de datum."]

3. All the results we found previously are confirmed by the new report, which only brings more certainty and more precision to our previous conclusions, in particular (pages 10 to 14):

a) The so-called temporary border posts # 184, 185, 186 and 187 are located at a distance of respectively 368 m, 319 m, 493 m and 483 m from the real and legal border, with a margin of error of plus or minus 100 m. In the worst case, those fake and illegal border posts are located at 268 m, 219 m, 393 m and 383 m from the real and legal border, meaning well inside Cambodia’s territory (page 12).

b) Even the controversial 1985 Border Treaty is being violated, with Vietnam continuously moving the de facto (imposed) border into Cambodia’s territory. The continuous encroachment has followed a two-step process (pages 13 and 14):
  • First, the administrative frontier was displaced from the original legal border line -- where we can spot the three border points 1985-143, 1985-144 (very near to Canal 1 on Google satellite imagery, page 14) and 1985-145 -- to a more recent canal (Canal 2 on Google satellite imagery) dug in 1979 in Cambodia's territory, between 100 m and 300 m to the west of the original legal border line. Canal 2 currently represents the de facto border line.
  • Second, there is presently an attempt to move again the border line from the 1979 canal (Canal 2) to the new "temporary border posts" 184, 185, 186 and 187 planted between 100 m and 300 m further to the West in 2008-2009, infringing on rice fields belonging to Cambodian farmers I have been trying to defend.
c) The current government in Phnom Penh has shown its negligence and/or incompetence when it comes to dealing with the defense of Cambodia’s territorial integrity as enshrined in the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements and in the Kingdom’s Constitution.

Sam Rainsy
Member of Parliament

37 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Khmers, wherever they live, should rise up in support of Mr. Sam Rainsy, our national HERO.

C'mon Khmer people.

Anonymous said...

MP Sam Rainsy is deserved the royal honorable title and recognition for his argument beyond the Sam'ach dumbo Hun Sen's imbecile and lazy Hoa Kim Hoang.

Bravo! this is the way Khmer saying,"katt kontouy gnok mott."

ICC shall be invited to witness the border demarcation between Yuon and Khmer.
Kom took jet Yuon,never again

Anonymous said...

Great job! You are a real Cambodia territorial integrity defender. The current CPP regime not only is incompetent and negligent but also is traitor.

Anonymous said...

Is Sam Rainsy a Politician or a Reporter now? To me, Sam Rains now is only a reporter who try to kiss Sihanouk's ass and favor Sihanouk.

Hun sen is puppet of Youn, Sihanouk is puppet of Hun Sen and then Sam Rainsy is a Puppet of Sihanouk, so can we say that Sam Rainsy is also a pupet of Youn Hanio too?

Sam Rainsy knew only reporting but does not know and don't want to file law sue againts Hun Sen government because Sam Rainsy listen and favor Sihanouk who is a puppet of Hun Sen.

Anonymous said...

Excellent work Mr. Rainsy. Unlike your counter part, your evidences and arguments are clear, concise, and well established. I just don't think it will make much difference for your case in a land that is dictated by corrupt, immoral, unethical, officials. Good luck in your battle.

Anonymous said...

Sam Rainsy is truly a Khmer defender, Hun Sen-CPP Yuon Puppets are truly Khmer destroyers. We all should stand up joing Sam Rainsy to fight and put shameful to Hun Sen-Yuon puppet.

Anonymous said...

Sam Rainsy is truly a Khmer defender, Hun Sen-CPP yuon puppets are truly a Khmer destroyers. We all should stand up to join Sam Rainsy to fight and put a shame to Ah Hun Sen-Yuon Puppets.

Anonymous said...

អាស្វាគឹមហុង រៀនចប់សាលាបនសំផឹងយួនហាណូយ។​ ខ្ញុំនឹងកាត់ក្បាលវាភ្លាមនៅពេលដែលរបប ហ៊ុនសែន ដួលរលំភ្លាម។​ ខ្ញុំធ្លាប់បានកាត់ក្បាលកម្មាភិបាល អាពត នៅពេលដែលរបបប៉ុលពតដួលរលំទៅ។​ ចាំមើលតើអាស្វាគឹមហុង រួចពីដៃខ្ញុំប្ញអត់។​លោក សម រង្ស៊ី អាចអត់អោនទោសអោយអាស្វាគឹមហុង​ បាន តែខ្ញុំមិនអាចអត់ទោសអោយអាស្វាគមហុង ឡើយ។​ ទឹកដីខ្មែរមិនមែនជារបស់អាស្វាគឹមហុង ម្នាក់ឯងឡើយ គឺរបស់ខ្ញុំដែរ ដូចនេះអាស្វាគឹមហុង​មិនចេះតែអាចធ្វើអ្វីស្រេចតែចិត្តនោះទេ។

Anonymous said...

NO MATTER WHAT PARTY YOU'RE, THIS TIME ALL KHMERS SHOULD STICK TOGETHER WITH Mr. RSY OK ? SOME KHMERS HAS DARK SKIN CURRENTLY WORKING FOR CPP HUN SEN YUON "S DOG THICK FACE.

BRAVO ! Mr. Samraingsy

Anonymous said...

The statement "In the worst case, those fake and illegal border posts are located at 268 m, 219 m, 393 m and 383 m from the real and legal border, meaning well inside Cambodia’s territory (page 12)."

should have read "In the best case, those fake and illegal border posts are located at 268 m, 219 m, 393 m and 383 m from the real and legal border, meaning well inside Cambodia’s territory (page 12)."

In the best scenario we are still losing 268 m, 219 m, 393 m and 383 m from the real and legal border points and the worst scenario we will lose 468 m, 419 m, 593 m and 583 m from the real and legal border points.

Anet Khmer

Anonymous said...

Bravo again Mr. Sam Rainsy! Vote SRP but CPP. CPP is a sellout and they they know it.

All Khmer people please stand up and support the SRP now! Protest in front of YOUN embassy and Khmer Embassy in every country. Do it now and do it together. Let's our voice be heard!!!

Anonymous said...

HUN SEN, HOR NAMHONG, HENG SAMRIN, CHEA SIM ETC..THEY ARE A TRAITOR AND DON'T EVEN THINK THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR MENTALITY. THEY SOLD ALMOST THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND DESTROYED EVERYTHING IN CAMBODIA. TIME WILL TELL WHEN THINGS GO AROUND IT'S COMING AROUND.

Anonymous said...

វា់គឹមហុង!!!
សូមជួយក្រឡេកមើលរូបថត, ហើយកុំភ្លើពេក
បើជាដីយួនមែន,​ពួកល្បាតយួនច្បាស់ជាមករា
រាំងមិនឲ្យយើងដកបង្គោលបានឡើយ។
ដូច្នេះ មានតែ វ៉ាគឹមហុង ឯងចង់យកដីខ្មែទៅ
ឲ្យយួន បានជាបំពានប្លន់ដីរាស្ត្រខ្មែរ ,​តើឯង
បានប្រាក់ប៉ុណ្ណានពីសត្រូវ,​អាក្បត់ជាតិ។
ខ្មែរឆ្នេរជលសាវែង

Anonymous said...

TOLD to HOLD
SOLD to FOLD
BANK to BANG
______________
Club Pal Plot!

Anonymous said...

Can you get the US scholar to issue a comment reguarding this report ????? That would meant a lots to Cambodia !!!!! It is a piece of cake for the US army to verify it. Can you help Cambodia, Please !!!!
Cambodia realy need some help from Cambodian scholars who are living in the US (All the PHDs).
Forget about the politic or the Gov. just help Cambodia. Can any one ??????

Anonymous said...

បើពួកសភាគណបក្សប្រជាជន ចិត្តសឿងមែននោះ
ពួកអ្នកឯងសាកមិនឲ្យ លោកសមរង្សីចូលមើល​​ថា តើលត្ថផលដែលដើរសុំទានលុយជំនួយពីគេនោះ វាទៅជាយ៉ាងណា?

Anonymous said...

ពួកអាក្បត់​ជាតិ ហ៊ុន​​ សែន, វាគឺមហុង ជាឆ្កែកញ្ជះដាច់ថ្លៃរបស់យួនកុម្មុយនិស្ត ​ហាណូយ។

Anonymous said...

To: 2:59 AM
You can say but you cannot do it. Think and think 100 times before you do a critic to others.
You got a good life to living here but you can't see your nation and your relative's future in Cambodia

Then some people can called you Ah pongkdor

Anonymous said...

គួរអោយខ្មាស់ពួកសៀម ដែលពួកវាចេះធ្វើមុខ ក្រាស់ចង់បានទឹកដីខ្មែរ។ នៅលើពិភពលោក អ្នកណាក៏ដឹងដែរថាប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារជារបស់ខ្មែរ កសាងដោយខ្មែរ ស្ថិតនៅលើទឹកដីខ្មែរ ប៉ុន្តែពួក សៀម ទាំងពួកអាវលឿង ទាំងពួកអាវក្រហមនៅ តែ មុខក្រាស់ចង់បានប្រាសាទព្រះវិហាររបស់ ខ្មែរ។ ចុះហេតុអីគ្រាន់តែខ្មែរ ឈឺឆ្អាលពីរឿង ទឹកដីខ្មែរដែលយួនឈ្លានពាន បែរជាពួក ហ៊ុន សែន ចាប់ខ្មែរដាក់គុក? នៅក្នុងពិភពលោកនេះ មានតែរបបហ៊ុន សែនមួយប៉ុណ្ណោះ ដែលចាប់ ប្រជារាស្រ្តឯងដាក់គុក ដោយសារឈឺឆ្អាលការ ពារទឹកដីរបស់ជាតិខ្លួន។ វាគឺជាការអាម៉ាស់បំផុត ដែល ខ្មែរយើងមានអ្នកដឹកនាំឆ្កួតៗ និងឃោរឃៅដូចជា ហ៊ុន សែន នេះ។

Anonymous said...

ខ្ញុំកាត់ទឹកដីខ្មែរអោយយួន ព្រោះយួនជាមែឪ ទី២
របស់ខ្មែរ!!

Anonymous said...

I dont think you can not sue HUNG XEN in the court when he is alive.

You can not change his political perspective. This guy would do everything as long as his group's power is preserved. Even to annex Cambodia with Vietnam I am sure he can do that. For HUNG XEN if he thinks he is right than no one could oppose to his idea.

What he did in the past is the strong evidence.

-Allowed YOUN to commit the K5 campaign caused thousands of deaths
-Did not accept the general election held by UN and combined some provinces next to VN for thier own control teritory.
-Commit grenade attack to the opposition rally which caused tens of people died.
-Oust Prince Norodom Ranarith as First prime minister with military coup d'état caused hundrends of people died.
-Assassinated many people: Chea Vichea, Om Rasady, Piseth Pilika, Touch Sreynech, Chu chetharith,......
-Used the supplementary treaty to give land to YOUN.

Anonymous said...

I am lived in us I like to urge all khmer Community all over the wourld trying to contact each other and support Mr.Sam Rainsy ( MU SHUKHU AND SAM RAINSY IS REAL KHER HEART )

Anonymous said...

ខ្ញុំកាត់ទឹកដីខ្មែរអោយយួន ព្រោះយួនជាមែឪ ទី២
របស់ខ្មែរ!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you Lok Sam Rainsy for uncover the precise nature of the Vietcongs' continued encroachments on Khmer soil.

Kampuchea Krom is not enough, now the Vietcongs want the remaining Cambodia.

Evil Vietcongs! Evil Hanoi regime!

KHMER Angkor.

Anonymous said...

Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime

Members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...

Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention


Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime

Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...

Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.

"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
  
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union 
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son 
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.  
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation

Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.

Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky.  Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground. 
Source:  Lightning, Discovery Channel

Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters. 
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.

Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.

Anonymous said...

Dear Mr. Sam Rainsy do not give up this time what so ever we will support you , take it to the international law the more fast the more batter and i toll my kid he really mad now he stil service in marin force and he toll me some thing a bout ar-hun sen ,ar-va-kim hong,ar-sok-arn we need to remove them. please don't give up more khmer people now they trying to support you

Anonymous said...

Khmer and viets have always had a good relationship with one another therefore please try to use a diplomatic dialogue to come to term with the condition of both side of the country, to understand and respect each others' boundary and to work harmoniously with each other as a team for effective outcome. After all there are soooo many Khmer-viets living in the khmer, therefore there is no needs to take advantage but to accept base on what is right (morality) for the "righteous will live forever and the wicked will be terminated". Khmer gov't needs to include all political personal to help in running the country as to "a nation will fall if it has no guidance...many advisors mean security" proverbs chapt11:14. Any issue that gov't may have should be able to discuss together to reach a common goal and common interest for the benefit of its nation and country. There is no need to condemn our own citizens or making fun of them which it will allow other to judge us base on our credibility of how we run the country. In addition, we need to treat each other with love, understanding and respect as there is no amount of money can overtake in the name of morality, integrity and professionalism. If we don't work together as a team we will lose it all, we all be "doomed". Aust

Anonymous said...

NO MORE CPP...NO MORE HUYNH XEN PLEASE!!! HE SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP IN A RISE BAG AND SHIPPED TO HANOI...FOR SOMLOR MACHU YUON.

Anonymous said...

i really appreciate world khmer radio ,Now i realise who is yuon's dog who is khmer lover.
1 Ah Kwak hun sen cpp is 100000000000000%10000000000000000 khmer's traitor
2 Year Year sihanouk make a big mistake in his life to his own country and his ppls.he tooooo much trust yuon .
Kos Ondet Takeo

Anonymous said...

the spirit of our khmer ancestors will behead those who betrayed their's homeland...

let hun sen swear that if he steals from Cambodia, if he gives Khmer land to Viets...may he be strucked by lightning...or died from assination.

Anonymous said...

All Khmers,

Hun Sen's ancestors were Khmer-Viet borders' thieves of bulls and water-buffaloes who did herd them across the border to sell in Vietnam.

Please go and ask the people in his natal village.

So Hanoi want that kind of RUBBER to run the country and work for Hanoi to facilitate the Vietnamisation of Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

Fuck Sam Rainsy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Foolish guy Sam Rainsy, Do you have any responsible for the villagers who in in jail. You conducted them to do the thing which is perfectly illegal... then ... only you can escape. FUCK YOU

Anonymous said...

12:48pm R U vietnamese?

Anonymous said...

10:04am

let me use an evil act scenario:
i'll go to your house and rape your family members,and crop up half of your house and property and live there for ever .would you still consider i am your best friend?
My friend ,Younese and Khmerese always have a good relationship,think again my friend,kampujea krom is a prime example.

Anonymous said...

Good youn are only death youn.

Hun Sen must pay what he betray Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

UN will also call Hun Sen to ICC soon..