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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Border markers cause ‘suspicion’: CWC head
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Kim Yuthana
The Phnom Penh Post
THE decision to block a Cambodia Watchdog Council (CWC) delegation from viewing contested border posts in Takeo province on Sunday is evidence that the government has something to hide, Rong Chhun, the council’s president, said in a statement issued Monday.
“The prevention caused even more suspicion about what was behind the implanting of the border stakes. The Cambodian authorities have tried very hard to ban lawmakers and civil society representatives from visiting the stakes to find out the truth,” read the statement.
On Sunday, about 10 members of the CWC were prevented from inspecting a border post in Borei Cholsa district’s Chey Chauk commune, that some villagers have claimed impinges on their farmland.
Var Kimhong, senior minister in charge of border affairs, dismissed Rong Chhun’s claim on Tuesday, saying there was nothing suspicious about any of the posts planted along Cambodia’s border with Vietnam.
“The government prevented them from seeing the place because it did not want to see the act of thoughtless uprooting of border stakes again, such as was the case in Svay Rieng province,” he said, referring to a stunt last October that ultimately led to a two-year prison sentence for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who is now in France.
“The prevention caused even more suspicion about what was behind the implanting of the border stakes. The Cambodian authorities have tried very hard to ban lawmakers and civil society representatives from visiting the stakes to find out the truth,” read the statement.
On Sunday, about 10 members of the CWC were prevented from inspecting a border post in Borei Cholsa district’s Chey Chauk commune, that some villagers have claimed impinges on their farmland.
Var Kimhong, senior minister in charge of border affairs, dismissed Rong Chhun’s claim on Tuesday, saying there was nothing suspicious about any of the posts planted along Cambodia’s border with Vietnam.
“The government prevented them from seeing the place because it did not want to see the act of thoughtless uprooting of border stakes again, such as was the case in Svay Rieng province,” he said, referring to a stunt last October that ultimately led to a two-year prison sentence for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who is now in France.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Xmer authority prevents civil society from visiting border post no. 270 in Takeo
Rong Chhun (Photo: Ayuthyea, RFA)13 June 2010
By Den Ayuthyea
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer
On 13 June 2010, the Takeo provincial authority prevented the visit by Ron Chhun, the representative of the Cambodia Watchdog Council (CWC), to the location where border post no. 270 is currently planted in Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province.
Rong Chhun, CWC representative and President of the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA), said that the trip by CWC to visit the planting of border stake no. 270 in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, was aborted by the authority.
Rong Chhun condemned the prevention by the authority and by government leaders to the visit to the suspicious border post no. 270 that could lead to the loss of territories or rice fields, just like what the villagers claimed.
Rong Chhun said: “This prevention is suspicious, it must be that the planting of this post is irregular. What the villagers claimed must be true. Therefore, we want the Cambodian [government] border committee, as well as the Cambodian government leaders, to rethink about all the border post planting between Cambodia and Vietnam. They must avoid having Cambodia losing lands from these border plantings.”
Anonymous villagers in Takeo province who saw the authority preventing the CWC delegation’s visit in the morning of 13 June, indicated that several dozen of cops and soldiers were stationed in almost all entrance access to border post no. 270 in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune.
The villagers indicated that the CWC delegation attempted to travel by boat to reach the border between Cambodia and Vietnam at the location of border post no. 270, but they were stopped by the authority.
The villagers said: “They were many soldiers who came over, but the 4 or 5 delegates who came over were stopped when they were boarding the boat.”
Rong Chhun quoted the Takeo authority as saying that the prevention by the cops to the CWC delegation’s visit to border post no. 270 was the doing of orders issued by upper level leaders.
Sin Sotheany, the chairman of the no. 4 land border planting committee, told RFA that nobody is allowed to visit the planting of border post no. 270, because the government is afraid that it could disturb the work of border post planting experts.
This is the second time that the Takeo authority prevented such visits. The opposition party attempted to visit the planting of this border stake once already on 3 June.
Rong Chhun, CWC representative and President of the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA), said that the trip by CWC to visit the planting of border stake no. 270 in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, was aborted by the authority.
Rong Chhun condemned the prevention by the authority and by government leaders to the visit to the suspicious border post no. 270 that could lead to the loss of territories or rice fields, just like what the villagers claimed.
Rong Chhun said: “This prevention is suspicious, it must be that the planting of this post is irregular. What the villagers claimed must be true. Therefore, we want the Cambodian [government] border committee, as well as the Cambodian government leaders, to rethink about all the border post planting between Cambodia and Vietnam. They must avoid having Cambodia losing lands from these border plantings.”
Anonymous villagers in Takeo province who saw the authority preventing the CWC delegation’s visit in the morning of 13 June, indicated that several dozen of cops and soldiers were stationed in almost all entrance access to border post no. 270 in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune.
The villagers indicated that the CWC delegation attempted to travel by boat to reach the border between Cambodia and Vietnam at the location of border post no. 270, but they were stopped by the authority.
The villagers said: “They were many soldiers who came over, but the 4 or 5 delegates who came over were stopped when they were boarding the boat.”
Rong Chhun quoted the Takeo authority as saying that the prevention by the cops to the CWC delegation’s visit to border post no. 270 was the doing of orders issued by upper level leaders.
Sin Sotheany, the chairman of the no. 4 land border planting committee, told RFA that nobody is allowed to visit the planting of border post no. 270, because the government is afraid that it could disturb the work of border post planting experts.
This is the second time that the Takeo authority prevented such visits. The opposition party attempted to visit the planting of this border stake once already on 3 June.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Hun Xen's regime lied to hide Vietnamese encroachment?
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Field survey note (click to zoom in). A cleaned up English version is shown below
Click on the border sketch above to zoom in
Cambodian farmer Phim Pak testifying about the potential loss of his rice field from the continuation of border posts planting in Anh-chanh village, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province:
Land property titles issued by the Cambodian authority to Anh-chanh villagers:
The Cambodian authority under the Hun Xen's regime claimed that the area where border post no. 270 is currently planted is simply a vacant grassfield with no ownership. Cambodian villagers living in Anh-chanh village, located in Chey Chok commune, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, claimed that the border post was planted on top of their rice fields. A site investigation revealed that the "so-called" empty grassfield is owned by numerous Cambodian farmers, one of whom is the CPP village secretary and another farmer who is the Chey Chok commune chief himself. Border post no. 270 is planted on the Cambodian side of the canal which was constructed in 1979 to delimitate the border between Cambodia and Vietnam. Furthermore, local villagers agreed to show the property titles to their land issued by the Cambodian authority itself.
Based on all these proofs, can it be concluded that the Hun Xen regime lied to hide the Vietnamese border encroachment? Please make your own judgment!
Based on all these proofs, can it be concluded that the Hun Xen regime lied to hide the Vietnamese border encroachment? Please make your own judgment!
Field survey note (click to zoom in). A cleaned up English version is shown below
Click on the border sketch above to zoom inCambodian farmer Phim Pak testifying about the potential loss of his rice field from the continuation of border posts planting in Anh-chanh village, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province:
Land property titles issued by the Cambodian authority to Anh-chanh villagers:
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
SRP to visit border post in Takeo
Tuesday 01 June 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
A group of SRP MPs will travel to visit the border post 270 planting situation along the Cambodian-Viet border in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, on 03 June 2010. The visit was announced in a letter dated 31 May 2010 sent to Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly. The visit is planned following reactions from local villagers indicating that the border post was planted on rice fields they owned and occupied for several generations already.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Farmers banned from entering their rice-fields after border post number 270 planted in their rice-fields
30 May 2010By Khmerization
Source: RFA
Farmers in Anh Chanh village in Chey Chok commune of Borei Cholasa district in Takeo province on the border with Vietnam have on 29th May complained that they have been prevented from entering their rice-fields to tender their crops after border number 270 was planted on their rice-fields, reports Radio Free Asia.
A farmer who owned a one hectare of rice-fields where border post number 270 was planted said that he is concerned that he might lose his lands after authority prevented him from entering his rice-fields. "Who can I protest to? If I protest, the authority will detain me. They told me to remain silent and that the government will not let me starve (to death). The lands with crops already planted won't be touched and that I will still can plant the rice again. But, what if they don't allow me to plant rice next year? I don't have any rice to harvest, so I have to harvest the Vietnamese rice?", he said.
On 25th May, 9 families in Anh Chanh village in Chey Chok comme of Borei Cholasa district in Takeo province protested against the planting of border post number 270, saying that the post had encroached about 200 metres into their lands which they said they had farmed since 1983.
However, Mr. Srey Ben, governor of Takeo province, said that no border posts were planted inside villagers' lands. "We work very hard to protect our territories. In the past, that lands were vacant bushlands. They just settled the people in the area recently. It was a grassland full of reeds. The border post opposed by the villagers was a just temporary border stake to identify the location of the border post. The authority has taken full responsibility and the Cambodian Border Commission was very clear (about the location of the border post)", he said.
The opposition Sam rainsy Party (SRP) has just written a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen asking him to order the suspension of border demarcation of the area and re-conduct the border survey in the area to ensure that Cambodian territory is not lost to Vietnam.
Mr. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the SRP, said the encroachments on villagers' lands in Borei Cholasa district due to border planting is a gross violation of human rights. "It is a serious violation of human rights. They intimidated the villagers until they are very scared to talk about the violation. But, I said the land is their rice-pots and they cannot survive without their lands. Whenever there are any encroachments on their lands, the authority tried to threaten them not to talk about the issue, but they still talk", he said.
Claims of Vietnam encroachments in Borei Cholasa came after 2 villagers and opposition leader Sam Rainsy were convicted and sentenced to jail term for uprooting border posts in Chantrea district in Svay Rieng province in later 2009 they claimed have encroached on their farmlands and the territorial integrity of Cambodia.
Mr. Rainsy, who lived in self-imposed exile in Paris, is currently touring the United States with Mr. Sean Pengse, chairman of the Paris-based Cambodian Border Committee, to explain to the Cambodian Diaspora about border issues.
A farmer who owned a one hectare of rice-fields where border post number 270 was planted said that he is concerned that he might lose his lands after authority prevented him from entering his rice-fields. "Who can I protest to? If I protest, the authority will detain me. They told me to remain silent and that the government will not let me starve (to death). The lands with crops already planted won't be touched and that I will still can plant the rice again. But, what if they don't allow me to plant rice next year? I don't have any rice to harvest, so I have to harvest the Vietnamese rice?", he said.
On 25th May, 9 families in Anh Chanh village in Chey Chok comme of Borei Cholasa district in Takeo province protested against the planting of border post number 270, saying that the post had encroached about 200 metres into their lands which they said they had farmed since 1983.
However, Mr. Srey Ben, governor of Takeo province, said that no border posts were planted inside villagers' lands. "We work very hard to protect our territories. In the past, that lands were vacant bushlands. They just settled the people in the area recently. It was a grassland full of reeds. The border post opposed by the villagers was a just temporary border stake to identify the location of the border post. The authority has taken full responsibility and the Cambodian Border Commission was very clear (about the location of the border post)", he said.
The opposition Sam rainsy Party (SRP) has just written a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen asking him to order the suspension of border demarcation of the area and re-conduct the border survey in the area to ensure that Cambodian territory is not lost to Vietnam.
Mr. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the SRP, said the encroachments on villagers' lands in Borei Cholasa district due to border planting is a gross violation of human rights. "It is a serious violation of human rights. They intimidated the villagers until they are very scared to talk about the violation. But, I said the land is their rice-pots and they cannot survive without their lands. Whenever there are any encroachments on their lands, the authority tried to threaten them not to talk about the issue, but they still talk", he said.
Claims of Vietnam encroachments in Borei Cholasa came after 2 villagers and opposition leader Sam Rainsy were convicted and sentenced to jail term for uprooting border posts in Chantrea district in Svay Rieng province in later 2009 they claimed have encroached on their farmlands and the territorial integrity of Cambodia.
Mr. Rainsy, who lived in self-imposed exile in Paris, is currently touring the United States with Mr. Sean Pengse, chairman of the Paris-based Cambodian Border Committee, to explain to the Cambodian Diaspora about border issues.
CWCI Statement on the Vietnamese encroachment in Borey Chulsa, Takeo province
Click on the statement in Khmer to zoom in
Unofficial translation from Khmer
Kristiansen, 30 May 2010
Statement
The government of Cambodia always denied and hid information on the loss of Cambodia territories stemming from the encroachments by neighboring countries, in particular by Vietnam which is considered the super friend and the benefactor of the current leaders of Cambodia, in spite of the fact that local people living in the areas involved have clearly indicated that their rice fields are lost due to the new border posts which are planted several hundred meters into Cambodia.
The case of border planting in Anh-chanh village, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, clearly reflects a new truth in which Cambodian territories are lost. The new border post is planted on rice fields that are located more than 100 meters away from the new canal dug in 1979 [note: Vietnam usually dig canals along the border to demarcate its territories.]
The 1979 canal became the new borderline unilaterally proclaimed by Vietnam, and Vietnam forced the then-Republic of Kampuchea to recognize the 1985 land border treaty with the aim of redrawing the historical border of Cambodia.
It should be noted that the border delineation in Takeo encroached into Cambodia by more than 1 kilometer (in certain zones) from the old border that was delimited by the French colonial regime in 1940, that border was the Vinh Te canal, known as Prek Krobao in Khmer. Chey Chauk commune in Takeo province borders with Motr Chrouk province (Chau Doc in Vietnamese) and the Vinh Te canal set the limit between the two countries. The Vinh Te Canal extends from the south of Borey Chulsa district, to Koh Andet and Kirivong districts in Takeo province all the way to Kampot province.
Furthermore, in the border delineation between Cambodia and Vietnam, we observed that the Cambodian side merely accepts the delineation decided by Vietnam because this delineation was set through the 1985 land border treaty when Vietnam occupied Cambodia, and also through the 2005 Supplemental border treaty. In addition, the border posts and the current border posts planting operation is under the financial charge of Vietnam, therefore, Cambodia is not delineating its border by itself, but it is merely told by Vietnam to accept such and such area as the border between the two countries.
The Cambodian people are puzzled as to what nationality the current leaders of Cambodia and their accomplices belong to? Because all that they do is to stand up, look and accept such encroachments of Cambodia’s territorial integrity by a foreign country. Even though the Cambodian government always claimed that this border delineation could affect the territorial integrity of both countries, we observed that only the Cambodian people are crying out about the loss of their lands to Vietnam. We have never heard Vietnamese people crying out about the loss of their rice fields to Cambodia at all.
We wonder if the border post planting – which Cambodian people and experts are not allowed to visit and learn about at all – can be claimed that it was done with government transparency or not? Does the government think about our national interest or not?
CWCI believes that Cambodia will not lose its territories only if the government respects the Constitution and only when it make uses of the 64 maps deposited at the UN to verify the border location right on the spot using GPS surverying.
CWCI
Men Nath
President
The case of border planting in Anh-chanh village, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, clearly reflects a new truth in which Cambodian territories are lost. The new border post is planted on rice fields that are located more than 100 meters away from the new canal dug in 1979 [note: Vietnam usually dig canals along the border to demarcate its territories.]
The 1979 canal became the new borderline unilaterally proclaimed by Vietnam, and Vietnam forced the then-Republic of Kampuchea to recognize the 1985 land border treaty with the aim of redrawing the historical border of Cambodia.
It should be noted that the border delineation in Takeo encroached into Cambodia by more than 1 kilometer (in certain zones) from the old border that was delimited by the French colonial regime in 1940, that border was the Vinh Te canal, known as Prek Krobao in Khmer. Chey Chauk commune in Takeo province borders with Motr Chrouk province (Chau Doc in Vietnamese) and the Vinh Te canal set the limit between the two countries. The Vinh Te Canal extends from the south of Borey Chulsa district, to Koh Andet and Kirivong districts in Takeo province all the way to Kampot province.
Furthermore, in the border delineation between Cambodia and Vietnam, we observed that the Cambodian side merely accepts the delineation decided by Vietnam because this delineation was set through the 1985 land border treaty when Vietnam occupied Cambodia, and also through the 2005 Supplemental border treaty. In addition, the border posts and the current border posts planting operation is under the financial charge of Vietnam, therefore, Cambodia is not delineating its border by itself, but it is merely told by Vietnam to accept such and such area as the border between the two countries.
The Cambodian people are puzzled as to what nationality the current leaders of Cambodia and their accomplices belong to? Because all that they do is to stand up, look and accept such encroachments of Cambodia’s territorial integrity by a foreign country. Even though the Cambodian government always claimed that this border delineation could affect the territorial integrity of both countries, we observed that only the Cambodian people are crying out about the loss of their lands to Vietnam. We have never heard Vietnamese people crying out about the loss of their rice fields to Cambodia at all.
We wonder if the border post planting – which Cambodian people and experts are not allowed to visit and learn about at all – can be claimed that it was done with government transparency or not? Does the government think about our national interest or not?
CWCI believes that Cambodia will not lose its territories only if the government respects the Constitution and only when it make uses of the 64 maps deposited at the UN to verify the border location right on the spot using GPS surverying.
CWCI
Men Nath
President
Friday, May 28, 2010
SRP MPs request to delay the planting of border post no. 270 located in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province
Click on the letter in Khmer to zoom inUnofficial translation from Khmer
Subject: Request to delay the planting of border post no. 270 located in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province
Based on the subject above, we, the undersigned members of Parliament, request that the Royal Government delays the planting of border post no. 270 located in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, because this border post that is currently being built by the Cambodia-Vietnam border committee is located inside Cambodian territories and it leads to the loss of several tens of hectares of rice fields belonging to Cambodian farmers in Borey Chulsa district.
Farmers who own rice fields in Borey Chulsa have protested once already about the planting of stakes at border post no. 270, claiming that they were planted on their rice fields, however, there was no resolution.
In fact, the planting of border posts 270 is located on rice field lands belonging to Cambodian farmers, not along the borderline as stipulated in the official 1:100,000-scale 1952 maps which were internationally recognized between 1963 and 1969.
Therefore, we, the representatives of the people, request the government to delay the planting of border post no. 270 located in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo provinc, and request for a new survey based on the correct coordinates to ensure that Cambodian farmers will not lose their rice fields – a heritage from their ancestors since long ago.
Done in Phnom Penh, 27 May 2010
Based on the subject above, we, the undersigned members of Parliament, request that the Royal Government delays the planting of border post no. 270 located in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, because this border post that is currently being built by the Cambodia-Vietnam border committee is located inside Cambodian territories and it leads to the loss of several tens of hectares of rice fields belonging to Cambodian farmers in Borey Chulsa district.
Farmers who own rice fields in Borey Chulsa have protested once already about the planting of stakes at border post no. 270, claiming that they were planted on their rice fields, however, there was no resolution.
In fact, the planting of border posts 270 is located on rice field lands belonging to Cambodian farmers, not along the borderline as stipulated in the official 1:100,000-scale 1952 maps which were internationally recognized between 1963 and 1969.
Therefore, we, the representatives of the people, request the government to delay the planting of border post no. 270 located in Anh-chanh village, Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo provinc, and request for a new survey based on the correct coordinates to ensure that Cambodian farmers will not lose their rice fields – a heritage from their ancestors since long ago.
Done in Phnom Penh, 27 May 2010
Monday, September 17, 2007
Cambodia to create wildlife sanctuary in Takeo
September 17, 2007
The Cambodian Council of Ministers has approved a sub-decree to establish a protected area of around 8,000 hectares of wetlands in Takeo province for endangered cranes and other wildlife, local media said on Monday.
The sanctuary, which will be created around the Prek Lpov Lake in Borei Cholsar and Koh Andaet districts, aims to preserve cranes, other bird species, aquatic animals and plants that are critically endangered, said Cambodian-language newspaper the Kampuchea Thmey.
The sanctuary will be divided into a "core zone," to which access is highly restricted, and a "buffer zone," said Agriculture Secretary of State Chan Tong Yves, reported English-language newspaper the Cambodia Daily.
However, Yves said that he did not know when the approved sanctuary will be established.
The area's ecological balance and biodiversity levels, local villagers' livelihoods and the development of local rural economies are all hoped to be impacted upon beneficially through the establishment of the sanctuary, reported another Cambodian- language newspaper the Koh Santepheap.
Source: Xinhua
The sanctuary, which will be created around the Prek Lpov Lake in Borei Cholsar and Koh Andaet districts, aims to preserve cranes, other bird species, aquatic animals and plants that are critically endangered, said Cambodian-language newspaper the Kampuchea Thmey.
The sanctuary will be divided into a "core zone," to which access is highly restricted, and a "buffer zone," said Agriculture Secretary of State Chan Tong Yves, reported English-language newspaper the Cambodia Daily.
However, Yves said that he did not know when the approved sanctuary will be established.
The area's ecological balance and biodiversity levels, local villagers' livelihoods and the development of local rural economies are all hoped to be impacted upon beneficially through the establishment of the sanctuary, reported another Cambodian- language newspaper the Koh Santepheap.
Source: Xinhua
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