By Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
Army chief Anupong Paojinda has cancelled a sports day scheduled for Saturday between Thai and Cambodian troops to stay in line with the government's attitude towards Phnom Penh, an army source says.
The move came after talks between the government and military leaders. It was decided the army should adopt a similar stance to the government towards Cambodia even though the military ties between the two countries remained good.
It would be an "unpleasant image" to see the government cut diplomatic ties with Phnom Penh while its soldiers played sports with Cambodian troops as if nothing had happened. The policies of the government and the army should be the same, the source said.
Thailand and Cambodia have seen their relationship deteriorate after Bangkok last year opposed Phnom Penh's unilateral move to list the Preah Vihear temple ruins as a World Heritage site with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
The situation worsened after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appointed convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as his and Cambodia's economic adviser, and refused to extradite him to Thailand when Thaksin paid a four-day visit to Cambodia last week.
Hun Sen last week told Cambodia's deputy supreme commander Gen Chea Dara to meet Thai 2nd Army commander Lt Gen Weewalit Chornsamrit to ensure the soldiers of the two countries maintained a friendly relationship.
Gen Anupong had supported holding the sports day as a way to strengthen military ties after talking with Gen Chea Dara. The two sides have agreed not to reinforce troops at the border.
Although the army has decided not to go ahead with the planned sports day, the source said, Gen Anupong was still allowing Thai soldiers, who have frequent contact with Cambodian troops stationed near the 4.6 square kilometre disputed area surrounding Preah Vihear, to continue playing unofficial outdoor games. They could play volleyball, football and Petanque together as they have been doing, the source said.
The move came after talks between the government and military leaders. It was decided the army should adopt a similar stance to the government towards Cambodia even though the military ties between the two countries remained good.
It would be an "unpleasant image" to see the government cut diplomatic ties with Phnom Penh while its soldiers played sports with Cambodian troops as if nothing had happened. The policies of the government and the army should be the same, the source said.
Thailand and Cambodia have seen their relationship deteriorate after Bangkok last year opposed Phnom Penh's unilateral move to list the Preah Vihear temple ruins as a World Heritage site with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
The situation worsened after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appointed convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as his and Cambodia's economic adviser, and refused to extradite him to Thailand when Thaksin paid a four-day visit to Cambodia last week.
Hun Sen last week told Cambodia's deputy supreme commander Gen Chea Dara to meet Thai 2nd Army commander Lt Gen Weewalit Chornsamrit to ensure the soldiers of the two countries maintained a friendly relationship.
Gen Anupong had supported holding the sports day as a way to strengthen military ties after talking with Gen Chea Dara. The two sides have agreed not to reinforce troops at the border.
Although the army has decided not to go ahead with the planned sports day, the source said, Gen Anupong was still allowing Thai soldiers, who have frequent contact with Cambodian troops stationed near the 4.6 square kilometre disputed area surrounding Preah Vihear, to continue playing unofficial outdoor games. They could play volleyball, football and Petanque together as they have been doing, the source said.
Rules of engagement: Don't "sleep," "eat," or "play" with the enemy--it's just not a good idea.
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If i was Gen. Chea Dara, i don't give a shit a bout these games nonsense things at all, playing, eating, Chatting bullshit craps! Thailand doing these shit to fools all of us, that's all they doing...! they never be honest with cambodia...rememered that!!
ReplyDeleteAll Thailand doing is pretending to be Friendly, when Khmer goes to sleep, that's when they start to stab us in the BACKs...Never ever trusted Thai/Viet as your friendly neighbors, you can't even trust yourself? people lied to themself all the times...!
ReplyDeleteSouth East Asian army; very confusing at time. The soldiers and their enemy combatants are allowed to mingle with one another but when comes to an abrupt war, they are to stop what they're doing and engage their enemy..... the one that they just played with.
ReplyDeleteThsi give the term: "sleeping with enemy."
about me i am doing nothing with thai army and i will not talk with them because all army is not nice to talk with..always they look on khmer down .....
ReplyDeleteThai never forget khmer but khmer forget thai when thai want to be friend army of khmer think they honest people and nice but thai army never feel like khmer or want to talk with khmer becasuse they think khmer is very poor a country and have a lot of conflict,war,violence in the past as khmer kill each other during pol pot when i went to thailand last year i remeber one lady from cambodia she wants to buy something in market of thailand so when a saler in thailand hear she speaking in khemr alnguage she siad(i don't want to talk with khmer or sale to khmer )
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Thai might want 4.6 square meter of land surrounding Preah Vihear temple, but Viets already took the whole Cambodia. Still some khmers condemned only the Thai while ignoring the Viets completely. Are we short sighted or what?
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ReplyDeleteLike the Vietnamese said: "Thai's fighting for a piece of rock, but us.....we take the whole land."
Ideally, Hun Sen have one good/bad eyes. His main (good) eye is only focus on Thailand. Somebody should tell him to turn and look at the Vietnamese side sometime.
Make no mistake about it, we are a minority in our own country.
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ReplyDeleteYes, sir, I completely concur with you there.
The regime must stop this BS and get their act together and ratching up their military readiness in case war erupts. That said,they need to stop those BS, and, again, get their act together.
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Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
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Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
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Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
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Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over eighty members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
Khmer army should know better, why playing and eating together like brother and sisters bullshit...? Thai will stab your ass at night...
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