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Overseas Cambodians would be very happy if the government would truly complain about Thailand to the UN regarding the 4.6-square-km area surrounding the Preah Vihear temple. Thailand claimed that this land area belongs to them. Ear Channa, Secretary-general of the Norway-based Cambodian Watchdog Council, told RFA: “If the Cambodian PM truly takes this case to complain to the UN, we all would be very happy and we will all welcome this action because this is what we want from the start. We kept on suggesting to the Cambodian government to peacefully end this case with the UN or The Hague International Court of Justice because if we insist on holding bilateral negotiations, we don’t know when it will end and it could lead to more unending bloody fights. This is what we call peaceful resolution and we end it without a drop of blood at the UN.”
No "Overlapping" or "Disputed" 4.6 km2 Area...It's all within Cambodia!
ReplyDeleteไม่มีพื้นที่ 'ทับซ้อน' หรือ 'โต้แย้ง' ๔.๖ ก.ม.๒...เป็นดินแดนในกัมพูชาตลอดมา!
The delineation of boundary between Cambodia and Thailand by the mixed French-Siamese commission was not a mere coincidence. It was done on the agreement that the French position in Indochina gave up Chanthaburi and Trat provinces; and Siam returned Siem Reap, Kampong Thom, and Battambang provinces, which it had conquered and occupied for over two centuries back to Cambodia. It's a misconception for Thais to think that the Franco-Siamese treaty of 1904-07 was an unfair treaty while France was a super power at the time. King Sisowath considered the treaty a major accomplishment during his reign by regaining Cambodia's most important historial land back. On the other hand, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam believed it was to the best interests of Siam for gaining Chanthaburi and Trat provinces from the French possession and safeguarding their major core country from being a colony of the west. Chanthaburi and Trat provinces proved to be a great bargain for Thailand today with a vast area of the Gulf of Thailand, islands, and large oil and gas deposits beneath the sea floor. This land trade off also gave Bangkok a more proportional distance away from Cambodia, roughly 120 miles from the border. The Franco-Siamese treaty of 1904-07 showed Annex I map with a clear and finite boundary line between Thailand and Cambodia. There were no so-called "overlapping" or "disputed" 4.6 km2 between the two kingdoms. The Annex I map was subsequently being used by the Royal Government of Cambodia under the leadership of then King-Father Norodom Sihanouk in the World Court case regarding Preah Vihear in 1962, in which the court ruled by a vote of 9 to 3 that Preah Vihear Temple and the adjacent areas were in the territory of Cambodia.
---Khmer Surin
---ชาวแขมร์จังหวัดสุรินทร์
2.13.10
Govt will wait till horse can fly.
ReplyDeleteWe only lost our time to bring the case to the Hague International Court, because the case had already decided for the Kingdom of Cambodia since 1962.
ReplyDeleteHun Sen is hanging this complaint in front of the Thai goverment until he has no other way to annoy them at the expense of our land.
ReplyDeleteAll Khmer around the world need to wake up and understand Hun Sen political ploid regarding to Preah Vihear. Mr. Hun Sen would not benefit on the up coming election if the situation is not stired up at Preah Vihear. Preah Vihear issues is all Hun Sen political game to win Khmer heart who is blindly not understanding the fact. We Khmer should have less concern regarding to Preah Vihear because we have already won the case in 62. We all must understanding that Siem only at Khmer border, but we fail to realize that Youn is all over srok Khmer right now and no one dare to speak out about it including the media. While I was visiting srok Khmer recently, I was always getting upset when CTN or the local media that is controled by the government always talking about the Thai border issue. They all acting very patriotic as they would sacrifice their life for their country; contrary, they look very foolish for not doing the same about the east border.
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" A true man never backtracks."
ReplyDeleteHunSen boasted that he needed no help with the case from outside 2 years ago. Now he wants to bring the case to UN since he got no way to turn. His explanation for his be-late action is patently ridiculous. The more he justifies himself, the more he reveals his self-deception.
Give up the game and stop fancing yourself clever, Mister.