Hundreds of Thai nationalists led by a leader of the "yellow shirt" movement, Chamlong Srimuang (not pictured), gather outside the UNESCO office in Bangkok July 27, 2010, to voice opposition to Cambodia's plan to administer Preah Vihear Temple, an ancient border temple and a World Heritage Site. Some Thais said the plan would compromise Thailand's claim to land in a disputed border territory with Cambodia. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
Hundreds of Thai nationalists led by a leader of the "yellow shirt" movement, Chamlong Srimuang (not pictured), gather outside the UNESCO office in Bangkok July 27, 2010, to voice opposition to Cambodia's plan to administer Preah Vihear Temple, an ancient border temple and a World Heritage Site. Some Thais said the plan would compromise Thailand's claim to land in a disputed border territory with Cambodia. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangTue, 27 Jul 2010
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Bangkok - Protestors in Bangkok Tuesday defied emergency law to campaign against the listing of the Preah Vihear temple in Cambodia as a World Heritage site.
Chamlong Srimuang, a leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), also known as yellow shirts, led some 700 followers to the UNESCO building to protest Cambodia's efforts to secure management control over temple despite an ongoing territorial dispute over land adjacent to the Hindu site.
The Preah Vihear demonstration brought traffic to a standstill on Sukhumvit Road, the main commuter artery between Bangkok's eastern suburbs and the inner city.
The protest was held in defiance of the government's emergency decree. It bans political gatherings of more than five people and allows authorities to make arrests without filing charges. The decree has been in place since anti-government protests in April.
More than 400 members of the red-shirt anti-government protestors, a movement opposed to the yellow shirts, who held protests in Bangkok between March and May, are currently in jail under the decree.
Police were not ordered to arrest Chamlong or his followers in front of the UNESCO building for violating the decree.
"We all know there are double standards in Thailand," said Police Senior Sergeant Kawiwong Yoryingyos, one of 300 officers sent to control the protest. In November 2008, the PAD led yellow-shirted followers to seize Bangkok's Don Muaeng and Suvarnabhumi airports.
Chamlong and other yellow-shirt leaders have yet to be fined or jailed for the incident, which sullied Thailand's reputation as a tourist destination and lost the country billions of dollars in income.
At the annual UNESCO meeting on heritage sites this week in Brazil, Cambodia is expected to win management control over the Preah Vehear temple and adjacent areas, a proposal Thailand is to oppose.
In July 2008, UNESCO named Preah Vehear a World Heritage Site, although Thailand first agreed to and then disputed the listing.
Then-foreign minister Noppodon Pattama, was forced to resign after he endorsed the listing in the face of widespread Thai opposition.
The 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, perched on a mountain range on the Thai-Cambodian border, has been the source of a sovereignty dispute between the two countries for decades.
The International Court of Justice in 1962 ruled that the temple belonged to Cambodia, but failed to pass judgement on land adjacent to the complex, giving rise to ongoing disputes between the two countries that led to border clashes in late 2008.
Chamlong Srimuang, a leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), also known as yellow shirts, led some 700 followers to the UNESCO building to protest Cambodia's efforts to secure management control over temple despite an ongoing territorial dispute over land adjacent to the Hindu site.
The Preah Vihear demonstration brought traffic to a standstill on Sukhumvit Road, the main commuter artery between Bangkok's eastern suburbs and the inner city.
The protest was held in defiance of the government's emergency decree. It bans political gatherings of more than five people and allows authorities to make arrests without filing charges. The decree has been in place since anti-government protests in April.
More than 400 members of the red-shirt anti-government protestors, a movement opposed to the yellow shirts, who held protests in Bangkok between March and May, are currently in jail under the decree.
Police were not ordered to arrest Chamlong or his followers in front of the UNESCO building for violating the decree.
"We all know there are double standards in Thailand," said Police Senior Sergeant Kawiwong Yoryingyos, one of 300 officers sent to control the protest. In November 2008, the PAD led yellow-shirted followers to seize Bangkok's Don Muaeng and Suvarnabhumi airports.
Chamlong and other yellow-shirt leaders have yet to be fined or jailed for the incident, which sullied Thailand's reputation as a tourist destination and lost the country billions of dollars in income.
At the annual UNESCO meeting on heritage sites this week in Brazil, Cambodia is expected to win management control over the Preah Vehear temple and adjacent areas, a proposal Thailand is to oppose.
In July 2008, UNESCO named Preah Vehear a World Heritage Site, although Thailand first agreed to and then disputed the listing.
Then-foreign minister Noppodon Pattama, was forced to resign after he endorsed the listing in the face of widespread Thai opposition.
The 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, perched on a mountain range on the Thai-Cambodian border, has been the source of a sovereignty dispute between the two countries for decades.
The International Court of Justice in 1962 ruled that the temple belonged to Cambodia, but failed to pass judgement on land adjacent to the complex, giving rise to ongoing disputes between the two countries that led to border clashes in late 2008.
10 comments:
i think cambodia should counter protest siem pad thugs to tell them or remind them that preah vihear and accessway is not theirs and to respect the icj verdict and international law, etc! don't be so ignorant, siem pad thugs, ok! cambodia don't want to pick siem to co-manage our temple, get it! we rather pick the EU, japan, america, etc, not definitely not siem pad thugs, you know! don't you understand khmer and english?
siem pad thugs brainwashed these naive people to protest, keeping them ignorant from knowing that preah vihear didn't belong to them. what a shame for siem! they seemed to live in a well like a frog, their mentality, that is! they seem to think cambodia is still at war, etc, they have no idea that cambodia is opening to the world now and they still being brainwashed by their pad thug monkey king and his followers! sad, heh!
Since Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge commander, now a Khmer Rouge leader and had many of his political opponents and journalists assassinated, I wonder if he have any plan to assassinate the Thai Prime Minister (Ahbullshit Vejjajiva)?
you all must study your history again, bangkok also belong to khmer, ok.
KHMER EMPIRE!!! (period)
Thai think like monkey and talk monkey because they are all Monkey just like the Thai Monkey King.
Thailand losing sovereignty? it's just a joke, the thais want more land from cambodia.Give us those provinces back( sisaket, surin etc...) so no more problem with the temple. Preah Vihear Temple sit in the middle of the Khmer(cambodian)empire land. If the thais don't leave us alone we should protest with the UN to claim those provinces back.
Well, let them ( thais ) cry like wolf, and it won't hurt us at all.
In order to choke them economically, we should deny any tourist access from the Thai side, or we charge them more money to tour Preah Vihear Temple. It is our , and we can do whatever we want to.
This is a joke. How come the invader become the invaded? I wonder is there any court we can sue them for falsifying the history?
Yellow Shirts = Fags
PAD = Pussy Ass Dikes
I shit on Thai claims that they are not part of Khmer, they hate Khmer so much but culturally they are Khmer.
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