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| A supporter of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) gestures during a rally outside the Government House in Bangkok, 25 Jan 2011 (Photo: Reuters) |
25 January 2011
Hundreds of Thai nationalists staged a rally in Bangkok Tuesday to demand the government take a stronger line in its border dispute with Cambodia.
About 2,000 to 3,000 members of the People's Alliance for Democracy, also known as the Yellow Shirts, took to the streets under the watchful eyes of nearly 4,000 security forces to demand that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva revoke an agreement on the handling of border issues with Cambodia. The protesters' ranks included two smaller nationalist groups.
Five men in possession of unauthorized firearms and explosives were arrested the night before the rally.
The PAD has been generally supportive of Mr. Abhisit's government, which is backed by the military and the monarchy. But they feel it responded too weakly to the arrest by Cambodian forces of seven Thai nationals in a contested border area last month.
Five of the seven were given suspended jail sentences and have returned to Thailand. But an organizer from the nationalist Thai Patriots Network and his secretary remain in Cambodia facing espionage charges.
PAD leaders want the prime minister to renounce a 2000 memorandum of understanding on the handling of border disputes with Cambodia, withdraw from the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO and pressure Cambodian nationals to move out of disputed border areas. UNESCO lies at the heart of a separate border dispute over land near the Preah Vihear temple, which has been declared a world heritage site.
PAD has pledged to continue protests indefinitely, but Mr. Abhisit has already rejected their demands as impractical.
The Yellow Shirts occupied Government House for three months in 2008, departing only when Mr. Abhisit's predecessor was ousted by a court ruling.
PAD is rivaled by the so-called "Red Shirts" who are loyal to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, overthrown in 2006 in a bloodless coup. As many as 27,000 to 30,000 Red Shirts held a rally of their own on Sunday.
18 comments:
Swadee Krap Khun Thai Euy!
I would refer you to learn, research more deeply the History of Thailand and Cambodia. Cambodia has been paitien for Thailand, Cambodian should have gone to the internal court to solve problem along time ago, but your Thai government wanted Cambodian government to hold on. Choav Chai Mai?
I really hate Thai people, these ma-ta-f*cker thai people should go to hell..
they are note people, they are just a tools was used by politiciant. they believed everythings form their leader preaching. men when they was hypnotized they became a beast they will risk their life match to war , to kille other and to destruct everythings that go agaist their will.
Thai are not a civilized people at all, we Khmer used to be like that durring pol pot strugle for power, we believed in pol pot sodier who picked chilys and left money on that chily branch. eventhough Pol pot rocket droped everyday near airpot, but we stile jiont hundred of demonstration in Phnom Phen against Gen.Lonol. do not repeated past experience. Mike
I wish Ah Thais and Ah Youns do this stupid border matter during Pol Pot's time.
I wish someone would shoot one into the crowd!
what is Thai?
Before 200 years where was thai?
Some people told me they are Chinese thiefs like youns but Youn come from the east and thai come the west.
kill them all?
siem pad thugs go to hell, ok! bye bye!
ក្នុងរយៈពេល២០ឆ្នាំមុន ខ្ញុំនៅរៀននៅប្រទេសថៃ
គ្រូអាមេរិកាំងម្នាក់បានប្រាប់ខ្ញុំថា ពួកគ្រូថៃបានប្រជុំគ្នាហើយនិយាយប្រាប់គ្នាថា ត្រូវកែប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រឲ្យសិស្សដឹងថាខ្មែរយកដីថៃ ហើយបើចង់វ៉ៃយកប្រទេសខ្មែរ ត្រូវវ៉ៃយកនៅពេលពួកវាចុះខ្សោយ។
បើពួកវាមិនទាន់ចុះខ្សោយទេ ត្រូវធ្វើយ៉ាង
ម៉េចឲ្យពួកវាចុះខ្សោយសិន គឺត្រូវបំបែកផ្ទៃក្នុងឲ្យពួកវាបែកបាក់គ្នាសិន
ទើបយកជ័យជំនះលើពួកវាបាន។
ហើយអាមេរិកាំងម្នាក់នោះបាននិយាយទៀតថា
ពិភពលោកបានស្រាវជ្រាវឃើញថា
ប្រទេសដែលធ្វើបាបខ្មែរជាងគេក្នុងពិភពលោក
នេះគឺប្រទេសថៃ ទីពីរគឺយួន ទីបីគឺចិន។
ខ្មែរត្រូវតែប្រយ័ត្ន
រៀបចំខ្លួនដើម្បីធ្វើសង្គ្រាមទប់ទល់។
thanks
Abullshit vejajiva used yellow shirts people to stir up the conflict...He want to say longer ing the office, this is Abullshit's new games of flip flop!
Its very stupid for cambodian Govts to obey Thai's demanding, i think we should not remove the stone-tablet, if we do, we are a loser!! Why listening to Thailand every fucken time? Its our land, we can do whatever we felt like...too! Line up those long range artillery ready, if they shoot, we SHOOT!!
Gen. Pol Saroeun said, cambodia will make correction on the Stone-Tablet? I agree, we should not have listening to them, just sit and wait, if they came in, shoot ta hell out of them Yellow Shits people...
"I wish someone would shoot one into the crowd!
1:29 AM"
They mad ah Pol Pot killed Khmer durring your Pol Pot time, fool!!!
siem pad thugs are like zombies, they can't think for themselves and they react with emotion and so forth. they are biased at cambodia all the time! and their gov't is weak and always let them get out of control. so much of siem dirty politics here, really!
these are siem's extreme group of people!
USA trying to interrupt China from growing their's economy in cambodia! Remembered cambodian's long war because of Thailand/US interfering...
Cambodia can used BM21 rocket to shoot down Thai airforce jet...by upgrading them to anti-air defence sytems...I don't see why not?
Do we all know that American fancy stealth fighter F-22 Raptor was shot down some several years by Chinese SAM. And now China is having its own stealth fighter. This incident was kept in a wrap and Pentagon later cease production of F-22. What is the point of this? Thailand can have F-16, the SAAB fighters, or whatever, but those planes have a very small chance of evading SAM. Thank to Thailand illegally flew into Cambodia air space, Cambodia had secretly purchased SAMs(Surface to Air Missile) and AAA(anti-aircraft artillery) that are capable of shooting down the kind fancy birds Thailand have. So If F-22 Raptor can be shot down, F-16 can also be shot down.
Cause Chinese can detect that F-22 easy now. Now Chinese also supplied those SAM to Cambodia awaiting to shoot down the F-22 from Thailand.
Khmer Surin,
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