Xinhua
Two weeks after the armed clashes on Feb. 4-7 between Cambodian and Thai troops over the border disputed area near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, a quarter of the evacuees have returned home, said officials on Friday.
Some 800 families out of the total 3,200 evacuated families have returned home, Nhim Vanda, the first vice-president of the Cambodian National Committee for Disaster Management, told Xinhua on Friday.
"They still worry about their safety, but they miss their houses, crops and animals, so they begin to return home," he said.
The evacuees fled from their houses in Chorm Kasan district nearby the areas of the armed clashes on Feb. 4-7 and were taking refuge in a camp in Kulen district -- some 90 kilometers from Preah Vihear Temple.
"They can stay in the camp as long as they want as we have built 60 makeshift houses, installed clean water and toilets already," he said. "Now sanitation is good in the camp."
A brigadier general Thul Sovan, deputy commander of Cambodian Military Division 3, stationed at the frontline near Preah Vihear temple, said Friday that the situation at the border areas near the Temple of Preah Vihear is calm in the last two days, but still tense.
"We observed that the last two nights, there have no any sounds of explosions," he told Xinhua by telephone.
"However, military confrontation still continues, there is no any sign of troop reduction from Thai side," he added. "Future's armed clashes are unpredictable."
Cambodia and Thailand have had border conflict just a week after Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple was enlisted as a World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008.
The conflict is due to Thai claim of the ownership of 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub next to the temple, triggering a military build-up along the border, and periodic clashes between Cambodian and Thai soldiers have resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.
The latest clashes on Feb. 4-7, unleashed a barrage of artillery shells on both sides of the border, had killed and wounded people of both sides, and caused tens of thousands of the two countries' villagers nearby the disputed areas fleeing for safe shelters.
The ASEAN foreign ministers will hold a meeting on Feb. 22 in Jakarta, Indonesia to mediate the conflict.
ASEAN countries consist of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
6 comments:
Why do Kos Trol, sea and lands proximately over 10 000 km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty? Why don't Cambodia goverment transparency explain to cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian army are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 and what's about over 10 000km2 of cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian army you are decide the fade of your nation, Cambodian army as well as cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Kos Trol, Sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty at 1979 to 1985 treaty! treaty! Cambodian army at front line as well as all cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protect a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group rather in the real name of protecting khmer nation?
Cambodian army at front line suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs,lack of foods, lack of nutrition, their families have no health care help, no securities after they die but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning with young girls message, have super health care from oversea medical treatment, they are billionairs, millionairs who sell out the country to be rich and make cambodian people suffer everyday as cambodian people know already.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that result lost over 10 000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why don't they transparency inform all Cambodian and cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't include Kos Trol ( Kos Trol size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen with planty of natural resources ) in education
Smart Khmer Girl Ms.Rattana Keo,
http://www.kampucheathmey.com/
Kampucheathmey reported that yesterday Unesco inspected Preah Vihear temple. May KI-Media verify this news?
Thai has American and UN full support. Small Asean countrues can't do much good to Cambodia. Where are their weapons come from? They just come to suck Cambodia natural resource such oil 2012 and mine, forest, lands, sea as China and Vietnam demonstrate in the past 1970-Now. ( China support Khmer rough give rushty AK and now weapons again Viet tanks, Viet support Hun Sen regime khmer poor until now but Hun Sen families, relative and friends are spending $US 2000 per night club everyday ).
Cambodian people if Hun Sen regime still remain you will never ever get life style as Singapoor, America, Japan at all. You will at the age of 81 years pushing cyclo everyday for the money to buy foods.
KI must do everything to save all cambodian...educate them more please.
Thai also use anti tanks missile guide make from US to wipe out Hun Sen regime Tanks. Hun Sen's tanks cab be see from the satilite very clear because they are made from metal. Anti-tank missile can delivery very accuraccy to destry all Hun Sen tanks by using live GPS guide from satilide.
All cambodian army don't stay in the tanks if you want to survive OK!
Hun Sen can't update military weapons due to Hun Sen's regime so much currupted. They use the nation money for them pockets only.
Thai PM is not perfect as I know but it is much better than Hun Sen. He and his families, relatives and friends make all cambodian people are suffering everyday but They are billionairs, millionairs abuse all khmer girls and people.
What do you think about that?
HUn SEn's regime is the regime that cambodian people must be slave to them, look at Hun Sen families, relative, friends are billionairs, millionairs where do they get the money from? Hun Sen always say in his speech Cambodia just get up from war, just get up from Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionairs, millionairs but innocent cambodian people are so poor.
This war is about to eliminate Hun Sen's regime. American, UN and the world are hate Hun SEn's regime. All cambodian people are also hate Hun Sen's regime.
Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Post a Comment