PHNOM PENH, June 15 (Bernama) -- Some 1,000 students from various schools and universities gathered here Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's victory over the Preah Vihear temple dispute with Thailand, Xinhua news agency reported.
The temple was awarded to Cambodia on June 15, 1962 by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which ruled that the temple was situated in a territory under the sovereignty of Cambodia and not Thailand.
"Today's gathering is to express our deep gratitude to former King Norodom Sihanouk for his legal battle with Thailand over the Preah Vihear temple dispute at ICJ 50 years ago," said Soy Sopheap, director general of Deum Ampil Media Centre which organised the event.
"It is also to promote awareness of the temple to Cambodia's young generations."
The territorial dispute between the two nations reoccurred on July 7, 2008 when Preah Vihear temple was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, but Thailand had claimed ownership of a 4.6-sq. km scrub next to the temple.
The conflict had led to several occasions of deadly armed clashes since then but military tension had eased since the Pheu Thai Party led by ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's youngest sister Yingluck Shinawatra won a landslide victory in the general elections in last July.
The 11th century Preah Vihear temple is located on the top of a 525-metre cliff in the Dangrek Mountains bordering Thailand.
4 comments:
Thai should know that Thailand formerly Cambodia territories. Khmer had built many temples in Thailand.
Thai had twisted their history, Thai generation does not understand the fact of their history of Thailand. Thai gets confuse and causing trouble with Khmer.
Dear 7:12pm yes Siamese twisted and turning history, but it doesn't means Siamese don't understand the fact at all. Siamese(Thailand)nowaday, is ignoring Cambodian existjng politically, in order to support it political supremacy over Khmer nation according to their King's embicious idiology to conquer Khmer teritory, further more this propaganda actively nerver ending.
We Khmer must defend our land all the time. As in the few years Thais, from Gov.., Thais nationalist activists groups, through Thias milaty groups at the Kh/Th border are actually engaging shamfully thieve style or koyoty tac-tic to steal our peace of land.
Khmer government, needed to bring Adhisit admn to UN war crimes by incited war N destroyed Preah Vihear
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