Chea DaraRCAF general extolls army’s role at border
Friday, 09 April 2010
Thet Sambath
The Phnom Penh Post
ROYAL Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) Deputy Commander in Chief Chea Dara has again extolled the military’s prowess in its border standoff with Thai forces, and said that tensions nearly boiled over in February when Prime Minister Hun Sen paid a visit to disputed Preah Vihear temple.
“Thai soldiers always harassed us a lot, especially during Samdech [Hun Sen]’s visit to Preah Vihear,” Chea Dara told an audience of municipal officials at City Hall on Thursday. “They tried to harass us at every place Samdech [Hun Sen] was visiting.”
Chea Dara said he told Thai commanders to keep their distance and at certain points threatened to attack them.
“Samdech [Hun Sen] can go anywhere in Cambodian territory. You have no right to complain and to put conditions on his trip,” he said.
“I warned Thai military commanders [that] if they disagreed, I was ready to attack. If I could not solve this, my rank would disappear from my shoulder, but before I lose it I would attack you first.”
In recent speeches, Chea Dara has declared “victory” for Cambodia in its dispute with Thailand. He has also said that Cambodian troops have killed 88 Thai troops since tensions erupted after the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2008.
On Thursday, Chea Dara struck a more conciliatory note, saying that Thai government officials had been friendly in welcoming Prime Minister Hun Sen to the country during last week’s Mekong River Commission summit in Hua Hin.
Ket Siviny, a City Hall official who attended the speech, said it was good to receive news about the situation at the border.
“All attendants were very keen to listen to Chea Dara’s comments about the border. It is good to know the weak and strong points at the border,” he said.
Yim Phim, commander of RCAF Brigade 8, which is stationed near Preah Vihear temple, said the situation at the border was normal and that soldiers were in good spirits with the approach of the Khmer New Year holiday.
“Thai soldiers always harassed us a lot, especially during Samdech [Hun Sen]’s visit to Preah Vihear,” Chea Dara told an audience of municipal officials at City Hall on Thursday. “They tried to harass us at every place Samdech [Hun Sen] was visiting.”
Chea Dara said he told Thai commanders to keep their distance and at certain points threatened to attack them.
“Samdech [Hun Sen] can go anywhere in Cambodian territory. You have no right to complain and to put conditions on his trip,” he said.
“I warned Thai military commanders [that] if they disagreed, I was ready to attack. If I could not solve this, my rank would disappear from my shoulder, but before I lose it I would attack you first.”
In recent speeches, Chea Dara has declared “victory” for Cambodia in its dispute with Thailand. He has also said that Cambodian troops have killed 88 Thai troops since tensions erupted after the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2008.
On Thursday, Chea Dara struck a more conciliatory note, saying that Thai government officials had been friendly in welcoming Prime Minister Hun Sen to the country during last week’s Mekong River Commission summit in Hua Hin.
Ket Siviny, a City Hall official who attended the speech, said it was good to receive news about the situation at the border.
“All attendants were very keen to listen to Chea Dara’s comments about the border. It is good to know the weak and strong points at the border,” he said.
Yim Phim, commander of RCAF Brigade 8, which is stationed near Preah Vihear temple, said the situation at the border was normal and that soldiers were in good spirits with the approach of the Khmer New Year holiday.
26 comments:
let least it's not everybody who do this. it's just one general, maybe this general needs education on not to boast too excessively or something, really!
What a joke with Chea Dara claim of victory. It sounds pretty much like Chhang Song during Lon Nol's regime.
សុំខ្មាស់គេជុំនួសតា តារានេះតែម្ដងមើលមុខគាត់ ជាជនប្រមឹកខួប! មិនគោរពតួរនាទីខ្លួនទេ មកច្កួតឡប់ដើរឃោសនានយោបាយអែបអបលើកក្តិតអាចម៍អោយស្ដេចសីុជោរហ៊ុន សែន ឡប់សតិ! អាណាថាស្អីហើយជួយសរសើរទៀតបើឃោសនារកជំនួយជួយកងទព័នោះ ចំជាល្បីថាជាសុនខរបស់ហានូយផន់គេមែនវើយ! ខំទៅតាអែង ក្រែងហ៊ុន សែនអោយពាក់លោកខែរក្រដាស! ហូស!ហូស!
Gen. Chea Tara was right! Thais always look down on Khmers people and harassed Khmers people, i've seen Thais abused and beaten Khmers refugees people with my own eyes, i praised our Khmers soldier for their boldest and their bravery hearts...and i also praised our Khmers soldiers who kick Thais ass and killed some of them bastards, this is to teach them some lessons too!! not to look down on Khmers...
You have done a good jobs Gen. Tara!
Can somebody wipe off that white stuff around his mouth. He might think its facial cream.
The government should ask all generals, army commanders, heads of police etc. to attend short seminars on PR relations. In fact, every state ministry should have a media/press communication office that deals directly with the outside world, particularly, the press and reporters.
All state affairs pertain to national interest, security and reputation, and the standard in public communications for both domestic and international consumption is becoming sophisticated by the day. Cambodia needs cool heads in all fields if she is to grow and prosper.
In military matters, it is imperative to build your own strength and devise plans quietly and strenuously. Where you have once or twice prevailed over the opponents on the battle field, this should be seen as your deserved luck and the enemy's misfortune. Where your enemy prevails over you, this should be viewed a result of your own incompetence and shortcomings.
Be magnanimous in defeat and humble in triumph. Avoid boasting at all cost as boastfulness fosters self-delusion and overconfidence leading to recklessness. After all, the Khmer military has not conquered over new territories or captured new grounds yet - the soldiers are still being poorly paid and fed by most accounts.
School of Vice
yeah may some of you khmer in here hate chea dara ......but maybe you should keep your hatered to yourself, and nevermind posting stupid shit on here that makes us look bad........ask yourelf whos at the front line fighting for cambodia....and who is online talking shit and aint doing shit about it THINK ABOUT IT IDIOTS........KHMER PRIDE TILL I DIE............FUCK THAILAND.......TAILAND BELONGS TO THE KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA...........KILL ALLL THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS GENERAL
The general Chea Dara is not good enough in your mind, but he is good enough to protect our country.
When Hun Sen hired Taksin, Thais invaded Cambodia,
when Hun Sen visited border, Thais attacked Cambodia,
if Hun Sen is death, Thais will stop to bore Cambodians and Cambodia ?
What Chea Dara wants to say ?
ធ្វើឆ្កែ បើមិនព្រុស ម៉េចនឹងបានឆ្អឹង
ពីចៅហ្វាយ ?
It could have been nice if Thai Army have launched a few 122 to the area where Chea Dara was during the visit of ah kvak mechor lourch dey Hun Sen . I think his pants got wet after he heard the sound of sonic bomb from F18 flying near the border .
1:57 AM
You can be proud of those soldiers as much as you want to be but to me , I am not proud of them at all because they are there to die for Hun Sen .. not for the people of Cambodia. If Hun Sen dont want to see any blood he should have took the case to the UN long time ago.
According to what I have seen , alot of Army and police have been beating up innocent people just to protect the property of the rich and the powerful that have been conficated from the poor.
2:57am goog comment thanks.
2:51 AM
Nothing wrong to die for Mr. Hun Sen, because Mr. Hun Sen is the current PM of Cambodia.
He represents the Cambodian people. It means our soldier at the border ready to die for the Khmer people.
In case you love the Khmer people, please try to do you best to help them. Be realistic, you agree or not, but you can't change the situation.
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.
he is one of former Khmer Rouge, that is the behaviuos of KR.
what the hell do these posters want the General, a military commander to say????
how about "we are not sure, we are not so strong, they outnumber and outgun us..."???? does that sound like what you Monday-morning armchair quarterbacks wanted to hear??? pathetic!
what the hell do these posters want the General, a military commander to say????
how about "we are not sure, we are not so strong, they outnumber and outgun us..."???? does that sound like what you Monday-morning armchair quarterbacks wanted to hear??? pathetic!
wassup 2:51 you fucking fag.....YEAH IAM PROUD OF MY BOYS AT THE FRONT LINE THEY FIGHTING FOR CAMBODIA...AND HUN SEN THE PRIME MINISTER OF CAMBODIA.............WHO YOU FIGHTING FOR THE SIEM FAGGET THATS WHY YOU WANNA ARGUE WITH ME....FUCKING FAG YOU AINT KHMER.............GOOD WE DONT NEED YOU TO BE PROUD OF OUR BOYZ AT THE FRONT LINE CAUSE YOU THIUNK THEY DIEING FOR SOMTHING ELSE STUPID FUCK......GO POST SHIT AT BANGKOK POST MOTHERFCUKER
when did KI-MEDIA sell his head to become a siam slave?
i love khmer republic's sodiers for ever ,specillly brothers ,sisters khmerkampuocheakrom sodiers[konsengsor]came to help us in 1970 to kick Ah yuon blackteeth aggessors out of cambodia.
down khmer rouge sodiers yuon 'dog...down khmer ruoge yuon slaves sodiers khmer's destroyer.////////
I agree with you 8:02
Poster 6:58 must be a gangster from California.
Everyone here is entitle to their opinion. You need to calm the fuck down.
BTW, I agree with poster 2:51.
The Scambodian military is all screwed up. There is no court martials to keep them in line. Therefore, they act like a crooked.....Police Officers. Military duties are to protect the nations, not individual rights. Instead, Huynh Sen use them at his disposal to oppress the nations.
Perhaps, someone like 6:58 can till his daddy (Kvack) that there is a things called.....Military Police.
well, he's not fond of siem pad thugs, you know!
i don't blame this general for not fond of siem thugs who wanted to steal cambodia's preah vihear and surrounding areas in the middle of daylight! no wonder the general has harsh words for them, really!
Our soldiers are fine..they have done a gd job..but chea dara aka corrupted uneducated shit is not..all he does is buy luxurious cars with the money we donate to the army to help our poor fellow soldiers
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