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Showing posts with label Takeo province. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Takeo province. Show all posts
Monday, July 23, 2012
Friday, July 06, 2012
Bayang Kor Mountain - A Khmer legend in Khmer and English
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| Phnom Bayong has a small temple perched on its hilltop, but is primarily noted for its outstanding views. After a two hour hike to reach the top, you can see into Vietnam across the Mekong River Delta. |
Phnom Bayang is located in Por Rorng village, Preah Bat Choan Chum commune, Kirivong district, about 43 kilometers south of Takeo provincial town or about 121 kilometers south of Phnom Penh. From Phnom Penh, take National Road 2 via Bati, Sam Rong, Daun Keo and Trang districts.
Bayang temple was built between AD 615 and 635 by King Pavavarman II on the top of Phnom Bayong, a 313-meterhigh mountain. Its diameter is 13 meters by 9 meters and it is 12 meters high. Constructed of laterite, brick and other stones, it is heavily damaged. Pieces of the temple litter the ground; the roof has collapsed, and the laterite rampart has been damaged.Bayang temple is a historical site that attracts both foreigners and Cambodians doing research about their ancestors. The road to the mountain, however, is old and difficult to access in the thick forest. The temple is reachable by climbing 390 steps. In addition to Bayang, there are four other temples on the mountain-Preah Kor temple, North Kanang temple, East Kanang temple and Kampoul Kanang temple. All are for Brahman worship and contain a Silva lingam.
Visitors to the site will come to understand how Cambodian history and culture was influenced by the outside world. Because without access to the mountain, however, the only people who will visit the site are researchers studying Cambodian history. In Kirivong District, there is a stream, Pha Oak, which flows 1,000 meters from its source to where people congregate to swim or bathe. The stream is 6 meters wide during the rainy season and 2 meters wide during the dry season. The sound of the water falling from the mountaintop is almost musical, and the scenery is beautiful.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
COMFREL Release the Result of Workshop on Voter's Voice in Ang Keo, Traeng, Takeo province
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COMFREL is please to release its press release on the result of workshop on voter's voice in remote areas; Ang Keo commune, Traeng district, Takeo province was held on March 15, 2012.
The voter voice workshop on “Determining Priority Needs in Remote Area” will give a space to local voters for taking part discussion or suggestion, what they necessarily need in their provinces. The results will combine into a report for reminding and promote commune development, especially will bring into political party policies in next coming elections.
Please see the attached document for details.
FYI : If you need releases or articles related to workshop on voter's voices, elections reforms, democracy/political reforms, decentralization and governance, please feel free to visit our website:
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COMFREL
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Sam Rainsy Party's Candidate in Kok Po Commune, Borei Chulsa District, Takeo Province
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Sam Rainsy Party's Candidate in Borei Chulsa Commune, Borei Chulsa District, Takeo Province
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Sam Rainsy Party's Candidate in Lumchong Commune, Samrong District, Takeo Province
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Youn prohibit Khmer from farming on Khmer land
Border post 270 which Cambodian farmers accused of being planted on their rice fieldVietnamese authority again bans Cambodian farmers from ploughing in their lands near border post No. 270
Monday, 26 July 2010
By Khmerization
Source: Den Ayuthyea, RFA
Villagers living near border post No. 270 on the Cambodian-Vietnamese border have on Saturday 24th July claimed that the Vietnamese authority has again prohibited them from ploughing their lands, claiming that it is still in dispute, reports Radio Free Asia.
Early last month, villagers in Anh Chanh village, Chey Chok commune in Borei Cholasa district of Takeo province claimed that border post No. 270 was planted inside Cambodian territory and inside their lands.
On Saturday, a villager who spoke on condition of anonymity said he went to work on his land but the Vietnamese authority came to prohibit him from working on the land. He is appealing to the Cambodian authority to intervene so he can work on his land. "The Vietnamese did not allow us to plough in our land. Please help us. I ploughed in my land this morning and the Vietnamese came and asked me to stop. The forbidden spot is 400 metres from the border post (No. 270). They prohibited me from ploughing, saying that just wait until Monday that they will resolve the issue", he said.
Another anonymous villager said that the Vietnamese authority had also banned him from working on his land, located 400 metres from the border post. "I went down to plough my land and the Vietnamese authority asked me to stop. They said just wait until Monday that their chief will come down to resolve the issue of lands located 400 metres from the border post. All the villagers living in this village dare not protest for fearing that the (Cambodian) authority will accuse them of belonging to this or that (opposition) political party. Living in this area is very difficult, it is not easy. What the people said are the truth, not an exaggeration", he said.
Mr. Srey Ben, Governor of Takeo province, told RFA on Sunday 25th July that no authority had banned any villagers from working in their land in the area. "I will go and see with my own eyes. No authority had banned anyone from working inside Cambodian territory. They (the Vietnamese) only prohibit anyone (Khmers) from working in lands inside their territory. We Khmers plough inside Khmer territory and Vietnamese will plough in their territory. There is no relations, they work in their territory and we work inside our territory", he said.
In mid June, there are claims that the Vietnamese authority once prohibited Khmer farmers from ploughing the land in the same spots.
Monday, 26 July 2010
By Khmerization
Source: Den Ayuthyea, RFA
Villagers living near border post No. 270 on the Cambodian-Vietnamese border have on Saturday 24th July claimed that the Vietnamese authority has again prohibited them from ploughing their lands, claiming that it is still in dispute, reports Radio Free Asia.
Early last month, villagers in Anh Chanh village, Chey Chok commune in Borei Cholasa district of Takeo province claimed that border post No. 270 was planted inside Cambodian territory and inside their lands.
On Saturday, a villager who spoke on condition of anonymity said he went to work on his land but the Vietnamese authority came to prohibit him from working on the land. He is appealing to the Cambodian authority to intervene so he can work on his land. "The Vietnamese did not allow us to plough in our land. Please help us. I ploughed in my land this morning and the Vietnamese came and asked me to stop. The forbidden spot is 400 metres from the border post (No. 270). They prohibited me from ploughing, saying that just wait until Monday that they will resolve the issue", he said.
Another anonymous villager said that the Vietnamese authority had also banned him from working on his land, located 400 metres from the border post. "I went down to plough my land and the Vietnamese authority asked me to stop. They said just wait until Monday that their chief will come down to resolve the issue of lands located 400 metres from the border post. All the villagers living in this village dare not protest for fearing that the (Cambodian) authority will accuse them of belonging to this or that (opposition) political party. Living in this area is very difficult, it is not easy. What the people said are the truth, not an exaggeration", he said.
Mr. Srey Ben, Governor of Takeo province, told RFA on Sunday 25th July that no authority had banned any villagers from working in their land in the area. "I will go and see with my own eyes. No authority had banned anyone from working inside Cambodian territory. They (the Vietnamese) only prohibit anyone (Khmers) from working in lands inside their territory. We Khmers plough inside Khmer territory and Vietnamese will plough in their territory. There is no relations, they work in their territory and we work inside our territory", he said.
In mid June, there are claims that the Vietnamese authority once prohibited Khmer farmers from ploughing the land in the same spots.
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.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Cambodian opposition takes on plight of border villages lost to Vietnam
CambodiaVietnam.Photo: Philip Skoczkowski.14/06/2010 / CAMBODIA - VIETNAM
France 24
The issue of the Vietnamese-Cambodian border has been one of contention for 25 years now. The latest map sees dozens of Cambodian villages on the wrong side of the border. One of our Observers in Cambodia follows the hindered efforts of the opposition party to look into situation. This account has not been verified by FRANCE 24.
Victoria Petitjean (Victo) works for women's rights NGO in Phnom Penh.
After Cambodia gained its independence from France in 1953, the frontiers were firmly established (apart from a small number of islands) by King Sihanouk and were officially recognized by the UN. However, these were challenged by Vietnam after its intervention of 1979 against the Khmer Rouge Regime, arguing these had not been clearly defined after France's withdrawal.
The newly established government (which would be in place from 1979 until 1989), including amongst its leaders, Hun Sen, and supported by Vietnam, signed a number of treaties with its foreign ally, including the one of 1985, bringing changes to the Cambodian-Vietnamese borders.
However, this government seen as a foreign-dominated country was not internationally recognized. As a result, with the UN-led Paris Treaty of 1993, all treaties, including that of 1985, were rendered obsolete. Yet, the same leaders of the 1980s period, including Hun Sen, remained in place and maintained strong links with Vietnam. And, in 2005, a new Treaty was signed, called the ‘Additional Treaty' in which the frontiers of 1985 were re-established.
This treaty has now been adopted by the parliament and recognised by the king, and is now being applied. However, this is having crucial consequences for Cambodian citizens living all along the border, whom are losing parts if not all of their land.
Having now received for five years numerous villagers' personal complaints of land being absorbed into Vietnam, Cambodia's opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) has been determined to carry out fact-finding missions on government alleged plantation of temporary demarcations for Vietnam on Cambodia's territory, within the context of the 2005 recently-applied treaty. This is the case in the Takeo (Takev) Province notably, where the SRP was leading a fact finding mission last week.
The Cambodian authorities had rejected the SRP's demand with the National Assembly President, Heng Samrin, forbidding this visit earlier in the week. However, as SRP spokesman Yim Sovann declared on 2 June this year, ‘We are the lawmakers, so we have the obligation [...and] we have the right to monitor government action'. Mr Sovann had also added that this visit was to be done peacefully, solely to visit the border.
Thus, on 3 June, as planned, 22 SRP lawmakers, accompanied by local and international journalists, gathered at the party's headquarters early in the morning. Leaving with a dozen cars, the group slowly gained in size, as more SRP members joined it along the way, finally reaching over 100 people.
However, the journey to the border was not without blockades. As the group approached the border, it faced several barriers, at first from the police, and then from villagers themselves. First, after only a two hour drive, the convoy was arrested by the district police, pretexting the illegality of some of the motorbikes accompanying it. However, police were unable to justify their actions, and after a threat to SRP activists the motorbikes were allowed to leave.
Soon however, at Prey Yuthka village, 3-4 kilometres away from post 270, the group faced another barricade. The villagers had set a truck - belonging to the village chief - on a bridge in order to stop the SRP convoy, claiming it was not their duty as MPs to carry out such mission.
Despite attempts at discussion, the group of villagers, followed closely by the local police, showed no flexibility. Wanting to avoid confrontation with the villagers and yet determined to carry out its duty to protect Cambodia's territorial sovereignty, the SRP members tried to find a way around.
After one member of the group jumped into the river and walked across in knee-length high water levels, the entire group followed. And thus, the delegation continued its fact-finding mission on foot.
After 2km of walking, the group faced its third and final barrier, at An Chan village. There, an even larger group of villagers, accompanied again closely by members of the police, bared the road. Again, it refused the SRP to carry out its objective. The divide at post 270 was only a temporary one and they had received orders from their commanders and would not move until/ if these changed.
At this point, SRP spokesperson Yim Sovann spoke through microphone on behalf of the delegation, emphasizing the struggles it had gone through during this five hour trip and the illegitimate police interventions. Mr Sovann continued his intervention declaring the government had forbidden this visit until now, thus maintaining a lack of transparency in the country's border demarcation and ultimately, the country's sovereignty.
The two groups discussed for several minutes, exchanging questions and comments, including on the SRP's support of the government strict border policy with Thailand and its determination to ensure it applied the same principles on the border with Vietnam. Further, the SRP restated its determination to visit this border post in the future and this for the benefit of Cambodians, and would thus now ask the Government's Committee on Borders to check the delineation again.
For the first time, the SRP did not face opposition from police forces, but villagers themselves. Wanting to respect their position, the SRP members decided to go back. Yet, on the way back, the members met several inhabitants of An Chan village who affirmed all had been threatened and/ or paid by the authorities to oppose the SRP's fact-finding mission.
Two of the villagers confirmed that their rice fields have been encroached and once the border demarcation posts would be made permanent they would lose up to two hectares of land, thus cutting their family income and denying them the right to land tenure as they have been living on the land for over two decades. One of the two villagers is seeking refuge in Phnom Penh as he has received direct threat from provincial authorities."
Victoria Petitjean (Victo) works for women's rights NGO in Phnom Penh.
After Cambodia gained its independence from France in 1953, the frontiers were firmly established (apart from a small number of islands) by King Sihanouk and were officially recognized by the UN. However, these were challenged by Vietnam after its intervention of 1979 against the Khmer Rouge Regime, arguing these had not been clearly defined after France's withdrawal.
The newly established government (which would be in place from 1979 until 1989), including amongst its leaders, Hun Sen, and supported by Vietnam, signed a number of treaties with its foreign ally, including the one of 1985, bringing changes to the Cambodian-Vietnamese borders.
However, this government seen as a foreign-dominated country was not internationally recognized. As a result, with the UN-led Paris Treaty of 1993, all treaties, including that of 1985, were rendered obsolete. Yet, the same leaders of the 1980s period, including Hun Sen, remained in place and maintained strong links with Vietnam. And, in 2005, a new Treaty was signed, called the ‘Additional Treaty' in which the frontiers of 1985 were re-established.
This treaty has now been adopted by the parliament and recognised by the king, and is now being applied. However, this is having crucial consequences for Cambodian citizens living all along the border, whom are losing parts if not all of their land.
Having now received for five years numerous villagers' personal complaints of land being absorbed into Vietnam, Cambodia's opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) has been determined to carry out fact-finding missions on government alleged plantation of temporary demarcations for Vietnam on Cambodia's territory, within the context of the 2005 recently-applied treaty. This is the case in the Takeo (Takev) Province notably, where the SRP was leading a fact finding mission last week.
The Cambodian authorities had rejected the SRP's demand with the National Assembly President, Heng Samrin, forbidding this visit earlier in the week. However, as SRP spokesman Yim Sovann declared on 2 June this year, ‘We are the lawmakers, so we have the obligation [...and] we have the right to monitor government action'. Mr Sovann had also added that this visit was to be done peacefully, solely to visit the border.
Thus, on 3 June, as planned, 22 SRP lawmakers, accompanied by local and international journalists, gathered at the party's headquarters early in the morning. Leaving with a dozen cars, the group slowly gained in size, as more SRP members joined it along the way, finally reaching over 100 people.
However, the journey to the border was not without blockades. As the group approached the border, it faced several barriers, at first from the police, and then from villagers themselves. First, after only a two hour drive, the convoy was arrested by the district police, pretexting the illegality of some of the motorbikes accompanying it. However, police were unable to justify their actions, and after a threat to SRP activists the motorbikes were allowed to leave.
Soon however, at Prey Yuthka village, 3-4 kilometres away from post 270, the group faced another barricade. The villagers had set a truck - belonging to the village chief - on a bridge in order to stop the SRP convoy, claiming it was not their duty as MPs to carry out such mission.
Despite attempts at discussion, the group of villagers, followed closely by the local police, showed no flexibility. Wanting to avoid confrontation with the villagers and yet determined to carry out its duty to protect Cambodia's territorial sovereignty, the SRP members tried to find a way around.
After one member of the group jumped into the river and walked across in knee-length high water levels, the entire group followed. And thus, the delegation continued its fact-finding mission on foot.
After 2km of walking, the group faced its third and final barrier, at An Chan village. There, an even larger group of villagers, accompanied again closely by members of the police, bared the road. Again, it refused the SRP to carry out its objective. The divide at post 270 was only a temporary one and they had received orders from their commanders and would not move until/ if these changed.
At this point, SRP spokesperson Yim Sovann spoke through microphone on behalf of the delegation, emphasizing the struggles it had gone through during this five hour trip and the illegitimate police interventions. Mr Sovann continued his intervention declaring the government had forbidden this visit until now, thus maintaining a lack of transparency in the country's border demarcation and ultimately, the country's sovereignty.
The two groups discussed for several minutes, exchanging questions and comments, including on the SRP's support of the government strict border policy with Thailand and its determination to ensure it applied the same principles on the border with Vietnam. Further, the SRP restated its determination to visit this border post in the future and this for the benefit of Cambodians, and would thus now ask the Government's Committee on Borders to check the delineation again.
For the first time, the SRP did not face opposition from police forces, but villagers themselves. Wanting to respect their position, the SRP members decided to go back. Yet, on the way back, the members met several inhabitants of An Chan village who affirmed all had been threatened and/ or paid by the authorities to oppose the SRP's fact-finding mission.
Two of the villagers confirmed that their rice fields have been encroached and once the border demarcation posts would be made permanent they would lose up to two hectares of land, thus cutting their family income and denying them the right to land tenure as they have been living on the land for over two decades. One of the two villagers is seeking refuge in Phnom Penh as he has received direct threat from provincial authorities."
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:
Obstacles met by SRP MPs during visit to border post no. 270 in Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province
3rd obstacle faced by SRP MPs on their way to visit border post no. 270: the Khmer authorities in the Hun Xen regime prevented them from using a crossing bridge
SRP MPs discussing on an alternative way to cross the river:
SRP MPs had to walk across the river after the Khmer authorities in the Hun Xen regime prevented them from using the crossing bridge:
Last obstacle set by the Hun Xen's regime to prevent SRP MPs from visiting Viet encroachment at border post no. 270:
SRP MPs walking to border post no. 270:
SRP MPs discussing on an alternative way to cross the river:
SRP MPs had to walk across the river after the Khmer authorities in the Hun Xen regime prevented them from using the crossing bridge:
Last obstacle set by the Hun Xen's regime to prevent SRP MPs from visiting Viet encroachment at border post no. 270:
SRP MPs walking to border post no. 270:
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Friday, June 04, 2010
SRP blocked on Takeo border visit
Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Tok Vanchan of Takeo province crosses a river in Borei Cholsa district’s Chey Chauk commune on Thursday, after a police blockade prevented a group of lawmakers from using the nearby bridge. (Photo by: Heng Chivon)Friday, 04 June 2010
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
Takeo Province
POLICE in Takeo province on Thursday prevented a delegation of Sam Rainsy Party lawmakers from visiting a site along the Vietnamese border in Takeo’s Borei Cholsa district, in the latest in a series of showdowns between the opposition and the government over alleged Vietnamese encroachment.
Last week, Borei Cholsa residents complained that newly planted border posts along the Vietnamese frontier had cut off large portions of their farmland. Provincial authorities, they said, had prevented them from examining the border posts and had threatened them with imprisonment if they were to protest. Takeo provincial Governor Srey Ben said Wednesday that Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities had only been on a surveying mission in the area, and had not yet planted permanent border markers.
On Thursday, 20 SRP parliamentarians and around 100 supporters attempted to visit the border posts in question, but were confronted in Borei Cholsa’s Chey Chauk commune by around 30 provincial and military police and about 50 local residents who prevented them from going farther. The two sides exchanged words heatedly before the SRP delegation turned back.
“The SRP does not have permission from the government, so we do not permit them to enter,” Chey Chauk commune chief Tuon Vanhorm said.
“Let me see a letter of permission first, and then we will permit the delegation to enter.”
On Tuesday, after being notified about the planned trip to Takeo by the SRP, National Assembly President Heng Samrin wrote a letter in response, saying that he “would not allow and would not be responsible” for the SRP’s trip.
SRP spokesman Yim Sovann called the restriction of the delegation’s movements “illegal” and said that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party had paid off local villagers to join the blockade.
“This is intimidation,” Yim Sovann said. “They have illegally blocked the people’s representatives from fulfilling their duty.”
The SRP has made alleged Vietnamese encroachment along the border one of its signature issues since October, when opposition leader Sam Rainsy led local residents in uprooting border posts in Svay Rieng province’s Chantrea district that he claimed had been planted illegally. In January, the Svay Rieng provincial court sentenced Sam Rainsy to two years in prison in connection with the incident, and two Chantrea residents who took part in the protest received one-year jail terms.
Sam Rainsy, who has been travelling abroad since last year, was charged in March with falsifying public documents and spreading disinformation after he staged several video press conferences arguing his case and highlighting the border issue.
Var Kimhong, the government’s senior official in charge of border affairs, declined to comment on Thursday about the SRP’s trip and about the border-demarcation process more generally.
“I gave, already, all this information,” Var Kimhong said, referring to a November appearance before the National Assembly in which he defended the government’s approach to demarcation of its eastern border. “I don’t want to repeat again, again, again.”
Var Kimhong told the assembly in November that 140 of 375 planned border markers had been planted along Cambodia’s and Vietnam’s 1,270-kilometre shared border, a process that began in 2006 and is set to be finished by 2012.
Sok Sam Oeun, executive director of the Cambodian Defenders Project, said local authorities needed to prove that the SRP members were a security threat in order to legally justify restricting their movements. The government, he added, risked drawing more attention to the Vietnamese border by continuing to stifle discussion about it.
“If they act like this, then maybe people will still be suspicious about the problems along the border, so I think it is not a good way,” Sok Sam Oeun said.
Puon Pon, a Borei Cholsa district resident who joined the group blocking the SRP delegation, said he did not believe the farmland of local villagers had been significantly affected by the new border posts.
“They were planted in rice fields, but that land does not belong to anyone – it is state land,” Puon Pon said.
But Keo Kim, a Borei Cholsa resident who joined the SRP delegation, said the border posts would cost him all 2.5 hectares of his farmland if they became permanent. Police in Takeo, he added, had unjustly prevented the SRP delegation from investigating the issue.
“If the markers that they have planted are made official, my land will be totally lost,” Keo Kim said.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JAMES O’TOOLE AND CHHAY CHANNYDA IN PHNOM PENH
Last week, Borei Cholsa residents complained that newly planted border posts along the Vietnamese frontier had cut off large portions of their farmland. Provincial authorities, they said, had prevented them from examining the border posts and had threatened them with imprisonment if they were to protest. Takeo provincial Governor Srey Ben said Wednesday that Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities had only been on a surveying mission in the area, and had not yet planted permanent border markers.
On Thursday, 20 SRP parliamentarians and around 100 supporters attempted to visit the border posts in question, but were confronted in Borei Cholsa’s Chey Chauk commune by around 30 provincial and military police and about 50 local residents who prevented them from going farther. The two sides exchanged words heatedly before the SRP delegation turned back.
“The SRP does not have permission from the government, so we do not permit them to enter,” Chey Chauk commune chief Tuon Vanhorm said.
“Let me see a letter of permission first, and then we will permit the delegation to enter.”
On Tuesday, after being notified about the planned trip to Takeo by the SRP, National Assembly President Heng Samrin wrote a letter in response, saying that he “would not allow and would not be responsible” for the SRP’s trip.
SRP spokesman Yim Sovann called the restriction of the delegation’s movements “illegal” and said that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party had paid off local villagers to join the blockade.
“This is intimidation,” Yim Sovann said. “They have illegally blocked the people’s representatives from fulfilling their duty.”
The SRP has made alleged Vietnamese encroachment along the border one of its signature issues since October, when opposition leader Sam Rainsy led local residents in uprooting border posts in Svay Rieng province’s Chantrea district that he claimed had been planted illegally. In January, the Svay Rieng provincial court sentenced Sam Rainsy to two years in prison in connection with the incident, and two Chantrea residents who took part in the protest received one-year jail terms.
Sam Rainsy, who has been travelling abroad since last year, was charged in March with falsifying public documents and spreading disinformation after he staged several video press conferences arguing his case and highlighting the border issue.
Var Kimhong, the government’s senior official in charge of border affairs, declined to comment on Thursday about the SRP’s trip and about the border-demarcation process more generally.
“I gave, already, all this information,” Var Kimhong said, referring to a November appearance before the National Assembly in which he defended the government’s approach to demarcation of its eastern border. “I don’t want to repeat again, again, again.”
Var Kimhong told the assembly in November that 140 of 375 planned border markers had been planted along Cambodia’s and Vietnam’s 1,270-kilometre shared border, a process that began in 2006 and is set to be finished by 2012.
Sok Sam Oeun, executive director of the Cambodian Defenders Project, said local authorities needed to prove that the SRP members were a security threat in order to legally justify restricting their movements. The government, he added, risked drawing more attention to the Vietnamese border by continuing to stifle discussion about it.
“If they act like this, then maybe people will still be suspicious about the problems along the border, so I think it is not a good way,” Sok Sam Oeun said.
Puon Pon, a Borei Cholsa district resident who joined the group blocking the SRP delegation, said he did not believe the farmland of local villagers had been significantly affected by the new border posts.
“They were planted in rice fields, but that land does not belong to anyone – it is state land,” Puon Pon said.
But Keo Kim, a Borei Cholsa resident who joined the SRP delegation, said the border posts would cost him all 2.5 hectares of his farmland if they became permanent. Police in Takeo, he added, had unjustly prevented the SRP delegation from investigating the issue.
“If the markers that they have planted are made official, my land will be totally lost,” Keo Kim said.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JAMES O’TOOLE AND CHHAY CHANNYDA IN PHNOM PENH
Thursday, June 03, 2010
SRP MPs to visit border post # 270 despite permission denied
SRP MPs visited border post no. 152 (Photo: SRP)Thursday, 3 June 2010
By Khmerization
Source: RFA
Members of parliament from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) said they will go ahead with their visit to Khmer-Vietnamese border to examine the location of border post #270 villagers claimed was planted in Cambodian territory despite permission was denied, reports Radio Free Asia.
On 1st June, National Assembly President Heng Samrin denied their request to visit the border area, warning that the the National Assembly will not take any responsibility for their security if they defy the ban.
Mr. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the SRP, said at least 16 SRP MPs will travel to Anh Chanh village, Chey Chok commune in Borei Cholasa district of Takeo province today, 3rd June, to visit border post#270.
Mr. Leng Peng Long, Secretary of the National Assembly who signed a letter of rejection for the permission, advised the SRP to summon the government to answer questions in the National Assembly rather than taking a confrontational approach.
Mr. Yim Sovan added that the SRP did not need the permission to visit the border area, but it just inform the authority of their planned visit.
On 1st June, National Assembly President Heng Samrin denied their request to visit the border area, warning that the the National Assembly will not take any responsibility for their security if they defy the ban.
Mr. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the SRP, said at least 16 SRP MPs will travel to Anh Chanh village, Chey Chok commune in Borei Cholasa district of Takeo province today, 3rd June, to visit border post#270.
Mr. Leng Peng Long, Secretary of the National Assembly who signed a letter of rejection for the permission, advised the SRP to summon the government to answer questions in the National Assembly rather than taking a confrontational approach.
Mr. Yim Sovan added that the SRP did not need the permission to visit the border area, but it just inform the authority of their planned visit.
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.
Border problems rage from Svay Rieng to Takeo
Hun Xen cheers Nguyen Tan Dung during the inauguration of border post 171 in Svay Rieng (Photo: Sovannara, RFI)20 May 2010
By Pen Bona
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Oss Dey
Click here to read the article in Khmer
The lawsuit case against the uprooting of border post in Svay Rieng province did not even conclude yet and now the border problem is raging into Takeo province already. The opposition criticized the planting of border post 270 located in Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, which led to the loss of several dozens of hectares of rice fields belonging to Cambodian farmers. However, the Cambodian government claimed that these lands are merely grass fields and that they do not belong to anybody. Nevertheless, opposition MPS asked the government to delay the planting of border posts to allow time for a proper evaluation.
Internal disputes in Cambodia on border problems are raging all over again, this time in Takeo in province. This problem is taking place when the lawsuit case against the uprooting of a border post in Svay Rieng has not even concluded yet.
During these last few days, the opposition criticized the loss of rice fields in Takeo province stemming from the planting of border post no. 270 in Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district. The local population protested, indicating that a border post was planted on top of their rice fields which they have worked on for a long time now.
On Thursday, a group of about 20 SRP MPs signed a petition sent to Hun Xen asking the government to delay the planting of border posts in Takeo province temporarily to allow a clear evaluation before new work can be proceeded. According to the SRP MPs’ petition, several dozens of hectares of rice field lands belonging to Cambodian farmers are lost from the border post planting.
However, the Takeo authority, as well as the government border committee, rejected this information, claiming that the land where the border post is planted is a grass field along the border and it does not belong to anybody. Government border experts accused the opposition of inflating the information to incite people to demonstrate against the government.
The problem in Takeo province is reminiscent of the problem in Svay Reing, there, opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced by the Svay Rieng provincial court to 2-year of jail time for destruction of public properties after he uprooted border stakes in Samrong district. Two Cambodian farmers who were involved in the uprooting with Sam Rainsy were sentenced to 1-year of jail time each. Currently, Sam Rainsy is also being sued at the Phnom Penh municipal court for falsifying public document after he published maps showing the loss of Cambodian territories. The government sued Sam Rainsy, accusing him of publication of maps that do not show appropriate coordinates.
SRP MPs plan to visit the location of the border post in Takeo in the near future. Meanwhile, opposition leader Sam Rainsy is conduction a campaign overseas to fight against the government in regards to the planting of border posts with Vietnam.
Internal disputes in Cambodia on border problems are raging all over again, this time in Takeo in province. This problem is taking place when the lawsuit case against the uprooting of a border post in Svay Rieng has not even concluded yet.
During these last few days, the opposition criticized the loss of rice fields in Takeo province stemming from the planting of border post no. 270 in Chey Chauk commune, Borey Chulsa district. The local population protested, indicating that a border post was planted on top of their rice fields which they have worked on for a long time now.
On Thursday, a group of about 20 SRP MPs signed a petition sent to Hun Xen asking the government to delay the planting of border posts in Takeo province temporarily to allow a clear evaluation before new work can be proceeded. According to the SRP MPs’ petition, several dozens of hectares of rice field lands belonging to Cambodian farmers are lost from the border post planting.
However, the Takeo authority, as well as the government border committee, rejected this information, claiming that the land where the border post is planted is a grass field along the border and it does not belong to anybody. Government border experts accused the opposition of inflating the information to incite people to demonstrate against the government.
The problem in Takeo province is reminiscent of the problem in Svay Reing, there, opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced by the Svay Rieng provincial court to 2-year of jail time for destruction of public properties after he uprooted border stakes in Samrong district. Two Cambodian farmers who were involved in the uprooting with Sam Rainsy were sentenced to 1-year of jail time each. Currently, Sam Rainsy is also being sued at the Phnom Penh municipal court for falsifying public document after he published maps showing the loss of Cambodian territories. The government sued Sam Rainsy, accusing him of publication of maps that do not show appropriate coordinates.
SRP MPs plan to visit the location of the border post in Takeo in the near future. Meanwhile, opposition leader Sam Rainsy is conduction a campaign overseas to fight against the government in regards to the planting of border posts with Vietnam.
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
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