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Bangkok Post
The Thai government is outraged by a visit from foreign attaches to the disputed border areas in Cambodia, an army source says.
But the source said: "If we open fire, this will play into the hands of Cambodia and it will show the world that we started the fight."
Cambodian troops have taken foreign military attaches on a visit to Preah Vihear temple and the surrounding disputed border area in what is seen by Thailand as a violation of an agreement made in 2000 between the two countries governing the disputed border site.
The army source said Cambodian troops yesterday led a group of military attaches from 12 countries from Phnom Penh to visit the temple.
The military attaches came from the US, France, Russia, China, Japan, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Burma, Vietnam and Laos.
The source said they were visible to Thai troops through binoculars on the other side of the border on the mountaintop of Pha Mo I Daeng.
"The Suranaree task force has written to the Cambodian side to protest [against the] move, which violates an agreement governing the 4.6-square-kilometre disputed area also claimed by Thailand," the source said.
"Their visit did not have permission from Thailand."
The source said Cambodia claimed it had a plan to take the military attaches to visit Cambodia's Viharn province to inspect disputed border areas on Thursday and Friday.
The areas included Keo Sikha Kiri Savara pagoda sitting in the disputed area near the 11th century Hindu temple, as well as other surrounding disputed areas claimed by Cambodia.
The source said the military attaches could be seen visiting Preah Vihear temple.
The source said the move by the Cambodian side was an act of defiance and could only reignite border tensions.
In another development, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the government was "trying every means" to secure freedom for Thai Patriots Network co-ordinator Veera Somkwamkid and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon.
A Cambodian court on Feb 1 convicted the two to eight and six years in jail respectively for spying and illegal entry into Cambodian territory.
4 comments:
"If we open fire, this will play into the hands of Cambodia and it will show the world that we started the fight."
Look! that means if no outsider goes to see it is free for them to fire on Cambodia.
Yes, Siem! As far as Cambodian concern, this so called disputed area was and still is belonging to Cambodian. Give up, Siem! LOL!!!!
Siemes is the lowest education people in the world, they don't know the united nations law. That's why no one on their side.
Now you should ask yourself How many Thais in srok Khmer??? and then you ask your self again How many youns in srok Khmer??? if you get the number right then you will under stand.
youn bring million of their peoples and their culture to our Cambodia. Look at the sculpture in Cambodia these day there are alot of youn sculpture, such as "Ta Kapong " in Chinese and youn culture and there are youn dragon and bird on the arm chair sculpture and so on. We Cambodian we don't have these we have Pkkar Chann, Absara and Angkor wat etc.
So these are the culture that we should aware of. When they spread their culture all over Cambodia than we will lose our IDENTITY. This is how they take over our country. First they take over our land and then they spread their culture all over our country and we lost our IDENTITY and become youn. THE END..
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