Feb 6, 2011
DPA
Bangkok - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted Sunday Thai troops were not to blame for deadly border skirmishes with Cambodia, as a fragile truce held along a strip of disputed land.
'I confirm that Thailand did not invade Cambodian territory,' Abhisit said. 'But we reserve our right to protect our sovereignty in an appropriate way.'
'Our counterattacks never target civilians, only the (Cambodian) military that started firing on us,' he said.
One Thai soldier, one civilian and at least three Cambodians were reportedly killed Friday and Saturday in exchanges of small arms and artillery fire along the border between Thailand's Si Sa Ket province and Cambodia's Preah Vihear province.
About 15 Thai soldiers were wounded and several houses damaged.
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong lodged a protest with the UN Security Council on Saturday, accusing Thai troops of 'flagrant aggression.'
The fighting took place near the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple, which has been disputed by the two countries for more than 50 years.
The cliff-side Khmer Hindu temple was awarded to Cambodia in a 1962 ruling by the International Court of Justice, but ownership of adjoining land has remained in dispute.
Cambodian authorities Saturday said the temple was damaged by Thai fire during the two-day artillery duel.
Abhisit has come under political pressure to take a stronger line against Cambodia.
Several thousand demonstrators from the ultra-nationalist People's Alliance for Democracy camped outside Government House to demand the prime minister's resignation because of his alleged failure to deal decisively with the border issue.
The alliance played a key role in bringing down three Thai governments since 2006.
The protestors are demanding that Thailand scrap a 2000 memorandum of understanding with Cambodia to solve border disputes peacefully.
Under terms of that agreement, Thai and Cambodian border forces negotiated a ceasefire on Saturday and officers from both sides were meeting on Sunday to maintain the peace.
Abhisit said that due to the border clashes he would seek to suspend the ancient temple's listing as a UNESCO World Heritage sight, at a meeting scheduled in June in Bahrain.
He called for Thais of all political persuasions to support Thai forces deployed along the border.
13 comments:
Thai should utilize their F-15 fight jets..done deal..screw Hanoi's CPP
Remember that Mr. Chea sophara build road to preah vihear in 2006, The thai used CPP party as a tools, stupide CPP he call on hundred of mob demonstration to burn down the thai embassy, the Yourn trick was worked very well by asking gov't to get rid of MR, Chea Sophara because Chea sophara was smart real patriot and Yourn worry that he would not allow Yourn to take Cambodia lands, and the road to preah vihear was stoped. don't you see Hun Sen he either spying for Yourn or he work very hard for our enemy Yourn, and he Hun Sen just allow Yourn to print new map that make Khemr loss a lot of land to Yourn, now you clearly see that Hun Sen is the real trator wasn't he?. Mike
If only ah Hun sen would just take this matter to the ICJ it would be over. But he rather play political games instead.
គិតទៅអាពួកប្រឆាំងនៅស្រុកខ្មែរមិនខុសអំអាបក្សប្រឆាំងនៅប្រទេសសៀមនោះទេ។
WORKING TOGETHER TO STAY IN POWER
This is what Abhisit and Hun Sen want, and they succeed it.
For the Thai..
To shift the focus from the insurgents in South and the political struggling in the country, Abhisit is working with Hun Sen to play a war game in the border of Thai and Khmer. Now every news in the country is about the border issues not the insurgents and political issues.
For the Khmer..
To shift the focus from the million of youns in srok Khmer, the youn border issues,the corruptions, the land grabbing, the evictions of the innocence Khmer land owner and the selling of the national assets for 99 years Traitor Hun Sen is working with Abhisit to play a war game with the Thai.
Every news in srok Khmer Even (KI blog) is about the war with the Thai right now nothing about Hun Sen and the struggling Khmer people.
This is a win win for Hon Sen and Abhisit.
VERY CLEVER...
They don't care about the armies and the innocence people, they only care about their position.
I hope you two can sleep at night.
Mike
1:34 PM
And you are working for YOUNS,, YOUNS slave.
1:53 PM
You have no brain, there are million of youns in srok Khmer and more is coming and you don't give shit. Soon srok Khmer become srok Smer. you idiot people like you that we we lose our land, our right in our country.
1:53 PM
YOUNS shit in the brain. He is contagious. Need to to srok youn to be seen by youn master.
1:53 PM
YOUNS shit in the brain. He is contagious. Need go to srok youn to be seen by youn master.
During WWW II, the Siem leaders allied with Hitler and declare war on United State and UK!
Now the Siem leaders prostitute to United States and declare on Cambodia!
These Siem leaders behavior is unacceptable and their behavior is the bad of the bad but their badness will stop in Cambodia!
Hey Mike , your English does not fit your name . Khmer name will look better on you because your English is so poor .
MIKE, PLEASE DON'T BE SO ANGRY. WE NEED TO REASON AMONG US KHMER TO WORKING OUR PROBLEMS WITH OTHERS. WHITE SUPREMACIST LIKES NO ONE THIS IS WHY NO ONE LISTEN TO THEM-WE MUST ENGAGE WITH BUT DOES NOT MEAN COMPLACENCY.
PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.
Abhisit is listening
to Yellow Shirts,but
not large groups of Red Shirts.Because
the Yellow Shirts can
hold him to stay in
power for a while.
Thai prime minister,
Abhisit,used seven as spies to cross
Khmer border to let
Hun Sen catch them.
What Hun Sen and
Abhisit trick!
I am following the
KI Media,every single day;at that time Veera talked
to Abhisit and said that he was in Khmer land.He spoke in Thai to tell
Abhisit.It was clear that Hun Sen and Abhisit used
these spies to fight each other
for their posts as
prime minister.
They both are using
Thai and Khmer for
political game.
The war of words
broke up and the
sound of guns are
coming up too.
Then they both are
negotiating.
How smart they are!
Hun Sen used this
trick to calm down,
not to feel the wind
of change from up rising people from
Tunisia and Egypt.
Then Hun Sen said,"
if any groups rise
up,he'll close the
doors and beat the
dogs".These words
sound like another
Pol Pot or killing
fields happening
again.
At this moment,are
Khmer afraid of dying or dare to die for surviving?.
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