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Showing posts with label Takeo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Takeo. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Comfrel Press Release on the result of Voter Voice Workshop in O Saray,Tram Kark,Takeo
Dear All,
COMFREL
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COMFREL is please to release its press release on the political agenda set by communities at the remote commune Osaray, Tramk Kark District, Takeo Province.
Please see the attached file for the release in Khmer.
Thank you for your cooperation and attention.
COMFREL
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Saturday, September 03, 2011
COMFREL Release the Result of Workshop on Voter's Voice in Remote Areas; Cheng Kuon, Samroang, Takeo province
Dear all,
Best regards,
COMFREL
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COMFREL is please to release its press release on the result of workshop on voter's voice in remote areas; Cheng Kuon commune, Samroang district, Takeo province was held on August 19, 2011.
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, decentralisation and governance, please feel free to visit our website :
Best regards,
COMFREL
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
COMFREL Release the Result of Workshop on Voter's Voice in Remote Areas; Kampong Reab, Prei Kabbas, Takeo province
Dear all,
Best regards,
COMFREL
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COMFREL is please to release its press release on the result of workshop on voter's voice in remote areas; Kampong Reab, Prei Kabbas, Takeo province was held on July 28, 2011.
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, decentralisation and governance, please feel free to visit our website :
Best regards,
COMFREL
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
If you are from Takeo, you may proud descendants of the Funan Empire (Nokor Phnom)
Our sincere thanks to Lok Bora Touch, Esq. for forwarding this interesting piece of information on Angkor Borei archeology.
LOMAP team in front of the Angkor Borei Museum (Photo: LOMAP)Where was "Temu", capital of Funan? -- S.T. Lee Annual Lecture in Asian Art and Archaeology 2010
"Temu", the Funan's capital, was estimated to be 500 li from Funan's seaport, according to the Chinese envoys.
Oc Eo (Khmer, Keo river), believed by some as the port of the Funan (2th-7th century); but Oc Eo was not situated directly at the coast of the bay of Rach Gia province. At no time was there a port by which the Chinese envoys could enter the Funan polity. Additionally, there are no records mentioning a port at Rach Gia during or after Funan. But Peam Meas (from which "Meitho" derives) is known as a khmer port. Peam means "mouth" of a river or a lake, it also means "(water) port". (Thai, "Pa(k)" came from Khmer "Peam", Pac-nam mouth of the river) Peam Ro, for instance, in Prey Veng, was an ancient port of Ba Phnom. Peam Meas might have been the Funan's seaport the Chinese envoys mentioned. From Peam Meas, the Chinese envoys could (via the Mekong) enter the Ba Phnom's port of Peam Ro.
Now, the distance of 500 li or 200 km from the sea to the capital of funan, as estimated by the Chinese envoys recorded in 6th century cannot be seen from Oc Eo site. And it could not have been Angkor Borei, Takeo, as Angkor Borei was/is only about 85 km from O Keo/Oc Eo, and shorter in distance from Pean Meas/Meithor. Ba Phnom, Prey Veng, loosely fits the distance description by the Chinese envoys. Archaeological finds/riches at Prohear village, and Bit Meas, in Prey Veng, supports the description that Prey Veng's Ba Phnom might have been the capital of Funan, the Rich South.
Bora Touch
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The Lee Annual Lecture in Asian Art and Archaeology will be held in the Refectory of the Main Quadrangle of the University of Sydney from 6pm Wednesday 11th August 2010. This years lecture will be given by Professor Miriam Stark, Archaeologist, University of Hawaii-Manoa, United States of America.
The Mekong Delta Before Angkor: origins, landscapes and emergent complexity
The earliest states in mainland Southeast Asia emerged between 500 BCE and 500 CE, a period known as the Axial Age. In the West, this time encompassed Hellenistic Greece, the rise of the Roman Empire, and the birth of Christianity. Viewed from the East, the period included imperial expansion by the Han dynasty, the rise of the earliest Korean and Japanese kingdoms, the spread of Buddhism across the Asian continent, and rise of competing empires during the golden age of South Asia. Southeast Asians also embraced this Axial Age, although few historians or archaeologists have studied the period until recently. During this time Southeast Asians established a South China Sea maritime trade network and built large settlements along the region’s coasts and inland deltas. They adopted writing systems and religious ideology from South Asia, and created Indic-tinged templates for statecraft whose signatures shaped the emergence and operation of Southeast Asia's classical states like Angkor, Sukothai, and Pagan nearly a thousand years later.
Professor Miriam Stark has worked in collaboration with Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts since 1996 on the archaeology of the Mekong Delta. This region was politically central during the Axial Age, and work by her Lower Mekong Archaeological Project began with research at the archaeological site of Angkor Borei (Takeo province). Most scholars consider that this 300 ha walled site was a Funan capital that the Chinese annals described during the early to mid-first millennium CE. The region remained prominent in the following pre-Angkorian period, and research described in this lecture examines archaeological research by the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project on landscapes and emergent complexity.
Date: Wednesday 11th August 2010
Time: 6 - 8pm
Location: Refectory of the Main Quadrangle of the University of Sydney (http://www2.arts.usyd.edu.au/ArtsNetwork/docs/main_quad_instr.pdf)
RSVP: Monday 9th August 2010 (Martin King - 9351-7667 or martin.king@sydney.edu.au)
Miriam Stark was awarded a PhD from the University of Arizona in 1993, and has worked in Southeast Asian archaeology since 1987. With extensive field experience in North America (particularly the North American Southwest), she studied tribal potters in the northern Philippines for her doctoral research. She worked with the Thailand Archaeometallurgical project in central Thailand in the early 1990s, and “ after accepting a position at the University of Hawaii-Manoa -- began her archaeological studies in Cambodia. Through the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project and in collaboration with Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Miriam has worked in the Mekong delta since 1996. The Lower Mekong Archaeological Project blends field research with training, and examines state formation and landscape evolution in the first millennium CE. She has joined the Greater Angkor Project for the 2010-2015 research program.
Oc Eo (Khmer, Keo river), believed by some as the port of the Funan (2th-7th century); but Oc Eo was not situated directly at the coast of the bay of Rach Gia province. At no time was there a port by which the Chinese envoys could enter the Funan polity. Additionally, there are no records mentioning a port at Rach Gia during or after Funan. But Peam Meas (from which "Meitho" derives) is known as a khmer port. Peam means "mouth" of a river or a lake, it also means "(water) port". (Thai, "Pa(k)" came from Khmer "Peam", Pac-nam mouth of the river) Peam Ro, for instance, in Prey Veng, was an ancient port of Ba Phnom. Peam Meas might have been the Funan's seaport the Chinese envoys mentioned. From Peam Meas, the Chinese envoys could (via the Mekong) enter the Ba Phnom's port of Peam Ro.
Now, the distance of 500 li or 200 km from the sea to the capital of funan, as estimated by the Chinese envoys recorded in 6th century cannot be seen from Oc Eo site. And it could not have been Angkor Borei, Takeo, as Angkor Borei was/is only about 85 km from O Keo/Oc Eo, and shorter in distance from Pean Meas/Meithor. Ba Phnom, Prey Veng, loosely fits the distance description by the Chinese envoys. Archaeological finds/riches at Prohear village, and Bit Meas, in Prey Veng, supports the description that Prey Veng's Ba Phnom might have been the capital of Funan, the Rich South.
Bora Touch
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S.T. Lee Annual Lecture in Asian Art and Archaeology 2010
The Lee Annual Lecture in Asian Art and Archaeology will be held in the Refectory of the Main Quadrangle of the University of Sydney from 6pm Wednesday 11th August 2010. This years lecture will be given by Professor Miriam Stark, Archaeologist, University of Hawaii-Manoa, United States of America.
The Mekong Delta Before Angkor: origins, landscapes and emergent complexity
The earliest states in mainland Southeast Asia emerged between 500 BCE and 500 CE, a period known as the Axial Age. In the West, this time encompassed Hellenistic Greece, the rise of the Roman Empire, and the birth of Christianity. Viewed from the East, the period included imperial expansion by the Han dynasty, the rise of the earliest Korean and Japanese kingdoms, the spread of Buddhism across the Asian continent, and rise of competing empires during the golden age of South Asia. Southeast Asians also embraced this Axial Age, although few historians or archaeologists have studied the period until recently. During this time Southeast Asians established a South China Sea maritime trade network and built large settlements along the region’s coasts and inland deltas. They adopted writing systems and religious ideology from South Asia, and created Indic-tinged templates for statecraft whose signatures shaped the emergence and operation of Southeast Asia's classical states like Angkor, Sukothai, and Pagan nearly a thousand years later.
Professor Miriam Stark has worked in collaboration with Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts since 1996 on the archaeology of the Mekong Delta. This region was politically central during the Axial Age, and work by her Lower Mekong Archaeological Project began with research at the archaeological site of Angkor Borei (Takeo province). Most scholars consider that this 300 ha walled site was a Funan capital that the Chinese annals described during the early to mid-first millennium CE. The region remained prominent in the following pre-Angkorian period, and research described in this lecture examines archaeological research by the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project on landscapes and emergent complexity.
Date: Wednesday 11th August 2010
Time: 6 - 8pm
Location: Refectory of the Main Quadrangle of the University of Sydney (http://www2.arts.usyd.edu.au/ArtsNetwork/docs/main_quad_instr.pdf)
RSVP: Monday 9th August 2010 (Martin King - 9351-7667 or martin.king@sydney.edu.au)
Miriam Stark was awarded a PhD from the University of Arizona in 1993, and has worked in Southeast Asian archaeology since 1987. With extensive field experience in North America (particularly the North American Southwest), she studied tribal potters in the northern Philippines for her doctoral research. She worked with the Thailand Archaeometallurgical project in central Thailand in the early 1990s, and “ after accepting a position at the University of Hawaii-Manoa -- began her archaeological studies in Cambodia. Through the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project and in collaboration with Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Miriam has worked in the Mekong delta since 1996. The Lower Mekong Archaeological Project blends field research with training, and examines state formation and landscape evolution in the first millennium CE. She has joined the Greater Angkor Project for the 2010-2015 research program.
For additional information about this research, click here
To read a recent paper by Dr. Stark, click here
To read a recent paper by Dr. Stark, click here
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Vietnam, Cambodia provinces to boost cooperation [in turning a blind-eye to the Viet encroachments?]
07/20/2010
VOV News (Hanoi)
VOV News (Hanoi)
Officials from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang and the Cambodian provinces of Ta Keo and Kandal met in Chau Doc town on July 19 to review the results of co-operation in the first half of 2010 and discuss ways to strengthen ties in the second half of the year.
Both sides noted with pleasure the positive results achieved in a wide range of fields, including border security, the economy, commerce, agriculture, culture, tourism, health care, transport, border demarcation and marker planting, and in the search and repatriation of the remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives in Cambodia.
Concerned agencies from the three provinces have regularly maintained the exchange of information, conducted joint patrols to protect the shared border, and worked to prevent and combat crime.
The officials discussed measures to further boost cooperation in the remaining months of 2010, focusing on maintaining social order and security along the common border, completing the construction of the remaining border markers and fostering economic development at border gates.
An Giang and Ta Keo provinces agreed to ask the two governments for the application of “one-door” procedures for goods, people and vehicles at the Tinh Bien-Phnom Den international border gate. They also agreed to open the Vinh Gia-Ta O auxiliary border gate and will consider the possibility of opening the Vinh Nguon auxiliary border gate to strengthen border economic development and facilitate two-way trade.
Both sides noted with pleasure the positive results achieved in a wide range of fields, including border security, the economy, commerce, agriculture, culture, tourism, health care, transport, border demarcation and marker planting, and in the search and repatriation of the remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives in Cambodia.
Concerned agencies from the three provinces have regularly maintained the exchange of information, conducted joint patrols to protect the shared border, and worked to prevent and combat crime.
The officials discussed measures to further boost cooperation in the remaining months of 2010, focusing on maintaining social order and security along the common border, completing the construction of the remaining border markers and fostering economic development at border gates.
An Giang and Ta Keo provinces agreed to ask the two governments for the application of “one-door” procedures for goods, people and vehicles at the Tinh Bien-Phnom Den international border gate. They also agreed to open the Vinh Gia-Ta O auxiliary border gate and will consider the possibility of opening the Vinh Nguon auxiliary border gate to strengthen border economic development and facilitate two-way trade.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Takeo border visit blocked
Monday, 14 June 2010Kim Yuthana
The Phnom Penh Post
POLICE in Takeo province on Sunday prevented about 10 members of the Cambodia Watchdog Council from visiting border posts that villagers say have been planted on their farmland, a representative of the group said.
Rong Chhun said the group had been told by Chey Chauk commune police that they needed permission from the government to visit the site.
“None of my members were allowed to see the location where they planted the poles,” he said.
“The police said they had been ordered by high-ranking officials to do this,” Rong Chhun added.
On June 3, 20 Sam Rainsy Party lawmakers and around 100 supporters attempted to visit the same posts, but were confronted in 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.
Rong Chhun said Sunday that “five or six” commune police had confronted the CWC group, and that he had peacefully accepted their decision not to allow them to see the posts.
“We wanted to see the real situation, and we were sorry that we could not reach the place,” he said.
Tuon Vanhorm, the chief of Chey Chauk commune, said officials there could not allow the group to visit the site without permission “from the government”.
“They entered our territory without informing us, and without any official confirmation from the government at all,” he said.
Takeo provincial Governor Srey Ben said earlier this month that the posts in question were only temporary markers.
Var Kimhong, senior minister in charge of border affairs, said last week that Cambodian and Vietnamese officials met in Phnom Penh to endorse a plan that will see 185 more border posts put in place by 2012, bringing the total to 375.
Rong Chhun said the group had been told by Chey Chauk commune police that they needed permission from the government to visit the site.
“None of my members were allowed to see the location where they planted the poles,” he said.
“The police said they had been ordered by high-ranking officials to do this,” Rong Chhun added.
On June 3, 20 Sam Rainsy Party lawmakers and around 100 supporters attempted to visit the same posts, but were confronted in 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.
Rong Chhun said Sunday that “five or six” commune police had confronted the CWC group, and that he had peacefully accepted their decision not to allow them to see the posts.
“We wanted to see the real situation, and we were sorry that we could not reach the place,” he said.
Tuon Vanhorm, the chief of Chey Chauk commune, said officials there could not allow the group to visit the site without permission “from the government”.
“They entered our territory without informing us, and without any official confirmation from the government at all,” he said.
Takeo provincial Governor Srey Ben said earlier this month that the posts in question were only temporary markers.
Var Kimhong, senior minister in charge of border affairs, said last week that Cambodian and Vietnamese officials met in Phnom Penh to endorse a plan that will see 185 more border posts put in place by 2012, bringing the total to 375.
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Govt used vigilante groups to block SRP MPs' visit to border post No. 270
A group of vigilantes blocking 17 SRP MPs and about 200 others from visiting border post no. 270 in Anh Chanh village, Chey Chok commune, Cholasa district in Takeo on 3rd June 2010. (Photo: Uon Chhin, RFA)Friday, 4 June 2010
By Khmerization
Source: RFA
The government has apparently used vigilante groups to set up road blocks to prevent 17 MPs from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) from visiting the contentious border post No. 270 in Cholasa district of Takeo province on 3rd June, reports Radio Free Asia.
The SRP MPs decided to defy the bans after their request was denied by National Assembly President Heng Samrin for visit to border post No. 270 claimed by villagers has having been planted inside their rice-fields and deep inside Khmer territory.
A group of about 200 people, including parliamentarians, civil society representatives as well as journalists had been stopped by police at two checkpoints for 3 hours before they were allowed to proceed to Anh Chanh village. After they arrived at Prey Pka commune, a group fo vigilantes blocked the bridge with a tractor which was stripped of its tyres. They then decided to travel by motorbikes and when they reached a canal, they were again stopped by a group of vigilantes who used two cars and a tractor to block the road at two places. The group then decided to tavel by foot for about 2 kilometres to reach Anh Chanh village when they were again blocked by about 50 young vigilantes and about 30 policemen who prevented them from reaching border post No. 270. At 12 noon, they decided to return back to Phnom Penh without reaching border post No. 270. However, some reports said that the parliamentarians and their group had managed to reach 150 metres from within the location of the border post.
The SRP MPs decided to defy the bans after their request was denied by National Assembly President Heng Samrin for visit to border post No. 270 claimed by villagers has having been planted inside their rice-fields and deep inside Khmer territory.
A group of about 200 people, including parliamentarians, civil society representatives as well as journalists had been stopped by police at two checkpoints for 3 hours before they were allowed to proceed to Anh Chanh village. After they arrived at Prey Pka commune, a group fo vigilantes blocked the bridge with a tractor which was stripped of its tyres. They then decided to travel by motorbikes and when they reached a canal, they were again stopped by a group of vigilantes who used two cars and a tractor to block the road at two places. The group then decided to tavel by foot for about 2 kilometres to reach Anh Chanh village when they were again blocked by about 50 young vigilantes and about 30 policemen who prevented them from reaching border post No. 270. At 12 noon, they decided to return back to Phnom Penh without reaching border post No. 270. However, some reports said that the parliamentarians and their group had managed to reach 150 metres from within the location of the border post.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Hun Xen regime hiding Yuon encroachment in Takeo?
Cambodian opposition barred from visit to Vietnam border
Thu, 03 Jun 2010
DPA
Thu, 03 Jun 2010
DPA
Phnom Penh - Armed Cambodian military police prevented a group of 16 opposition lawmakers Thursday from inspecting a new boundary marker on the border with Vietnam, an opposition member said.
Cambodia and Vietnam are in the process of demarcating their shared border, and the placement of some markers has proved contentious with claims they encroach on Cambodian farmers' fields.
Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Son Chhay said the legislators had heard that the border marker was well inside Cambodian territory and went to inspect it but more than a dozen military police tried to prevent them from reaching the site.
"If the government has nothing to hide, they should not work so hard to stop us 5 kilometres away," he said by telephone.
The group eventually managed to get within 150 metres of the post in the south-eastern province of Takeo before they were again turned back by local police.
The government on Tuesday warned that the trip was illegal and said it would prevent the group from reaching the area.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia in January to two years jail for his role in uprooting boundary posts in October on the Vietnam border.
That incident riled Hanoi, which has close links to the government in Phnom Penh.
Vietnam also has significant business interests in Cambodia, including investments in agribusiness, aviation, telecommunications and banking.
Cambodia and Vietnam are in the process of demarcating their shared border, and the placement of some markers has proved contentious with claims they encroach on Cambodian farmers' fields.
Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Son Chhay said the legislators had heard that the border marker was well inside Cambodian territory and went to inspect it but more than a dozen military police tried to prevent them from reaching the site.
"If the government has nothing to hide, they should not work so hard to stop us 5 kilometres away," he said by telephone.
The group eventually managed to get within 150 metres of the post in the south-eastern province of Takeo before they were again turned back by local police.
The government on Tuesday warned that the trip was illegal and said it would prevent the group from reaching the area.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia in January to two years jail for his role in uprooting boundary posts in October on the Vietnam border.
That incident riled Hanoi, which has close links to the government in Phnom Penh.
Vietnam also has significant business interests in Cambodia, including investments in agribusiness, aviation, telecommunications and banking.
Monday, May 31, 2010
CWCI Statement on the Vietnamese encroachment in Borey Chulsa, Takeo province
Click on the statement in Khmer to zoom in
Unofficial translation from Khmer
Kristiansen, 30 May 2010
Statement
The government of Cambodia always denied and hid information on the loss of Cambodia territories stemming from the encroachments by neighboring countries, in particular by Vietnam which is considered the super friend and the benefactor of the current leaders of Cambodia, in spite of the fact that local people living in the areas involved have clearly indicated that their rice fields are lost due to the new border posts which are planted several hundred meters into Cambodia.
The case of border planting in Anh-chanh village, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, clearly reflects a new truth in which Cambodian territories are lost. The new border post is planted on rice fields that are located more than 100 meters away from the new canal dug in 1979 [note: Vietnam usually dig canals along the border to demarcate its territories.]
The 1979 canal became the new borderline unilaterally proclaimed by Vietnam, and Vietnam forced the then-Republic of Kampuchea to recognize the 1985 land border treaty with the aim of redrawing the historical border of Cambodia.
It should be noted that the border delineation in Takeo encroached into Cambodia by more than 1 kilometer (in certain zones) from the old border that was delimited by the French colonial regime in 1940, that border was the Vinh Te canal, known as Prek Krobao in Khmer. Chey Chauk commune in Takeo province borders with Motr Chrouk province (Chau Doc in Vietnamese) and the Vinh Te canal set the limit between the two countries. The Vinh Te Canal extends from the south of Borey Chulsa district, to Koh Andet and Kirivong districts in Takeo province all the way to Kampot province.
Furthermore, in the border delineation between Cambodia and Vietnam, we observed that the Cambodian side merely accepts the delineation decided by Vietnam because this delineation was set through the 1985 land border treaty when Vietnam occupied Cambodia, and also through the 2005 Supplemental border treaty. In addition, the border posts and the current border posts planting operation is under the financial charge of Vietnam, therefore, Cambodia is not delineating its border by itself, but it is merely told by Vietnam to accept such and such area as the border between the two countries.
The Cambodian people are puzzled as to what nationality the current leaders of Cambodia and their accomplices belong to? Because all that they do is to stand up, look and accept such encroachments of Cambodia’s territorial integrity by a foreign country. Even though the Cambodian government always claimed that this border delineation could affect the territorial integrity of both countries, we observed that only the Cambodian people are crying out about the loss of their lands to Vietnam. We have never heard Vietnamese people crying out about the loss of their rice fields to Cambodia at all.
We wonder if the border post planting – which Cambodian people and experts are not allowed to visit and learn about at all – can be claimed that it was done with government transparency or not? Does the government think about our national interest or not?
CWCI believes that Cambodia will not lose its territories only if the government respects the Constitution and only when it make uses of the 64 maps deposited at the UN to verify the border location right on the spot using GPS surverying.
CWCI
Men Nath
President
The case of border planting in Anh-chanh village, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, clearly reflects a new truth in which Cambodian territories are lost. The new border post is planted on rice fields that are located more than 100 meters away from the new canal dug in 1979 [note: Vietnam usually dig canals along the border to demarcate its territories.]
The 1979 canal became the new borderline unilaterally proclaimed by Vietnam, and Vietnam forced the then-Republic of Kampuchea to recognize the 1985 land border treaty with the aim of redrawing the historical border of Cambodia.
It should be noted that the border delineation in Takeo encroached into Cambodia by more than 1 kilometer (in certain zones) from the old border that was delimited by the French colonial regime in 1940, that border was the Vinh Te canal, known as Prek Krobao in Khmer. Chey Chauk commune in Takeo province borders with Motr Chrouk province (Chau Doc in Vietnamese) and the Vinh Te canal set the limit between the two countries. The Vinh Te Canal extends from the south of Borey Chulsa district, to Koh Andet and Kirivong districts in Takeo province all the way to Kampot province.
Furthermore, in the border delineation between Cambodia and Vietnam, we observed that the Cambodian side merely accepts the delineation decided by Vietnam because this delineation was set through the 1985 land border treaty when Vietnam occupied Cambodia, and also through the 2005 Supplemental border treaty. In addition, the border posts and the current border posts planting operation is under the financial charge of Vietnam, therefore, Cambodia is not delineating its border by itself, but it is merely told by Vietnam to accept such and such area as the border between the two countries.
The Cambodian people are puzzled as to what nationality the current leaders of Cambodia and their accomplices belong to? Because all that they do is to stand up, look and accept such encroachments of Cambodia’s territorial integrity by a foreign country. Even though the Cambodian government always claimed that this border delineation could affect the territorial integrity of both countries, we observed that only the Cambodian people are crying out about the loss of their lands to Vietnam. We have never heard Vietnamese people crying out about the loss of their rice fields to Cambodia at all.
We wonder if the border post planting – which Cambodian people and experts are not allowed to visit and learn about at all – can be claimed that it was done with government transparency or not? Does the government think about our national interest or not?
CWCI believes that Cambodia will not lose its territories only if the government respects the Constitution and only when it make uses of the 64 maps deposited at the UN to verify the border location right on the spot using GPS surverying.
CWCI
Men Nath
President
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Border Post No. 270
Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)Khmer farmers claimed border posts planted in their rice-fields
Border post no. 270 that the Anh-chanh villagers claimed it was planted on their rice fieldsWednesday, 26 May 2010
By Khmerization Source: RFA
Nine Cambodian families from Anh Chanh village, Borei Cholasa district in Takeo province have on the morning of 25th May protested in front of the Takeo provincial town hall claiming that the recent plantings of border posts in the areas have encroached on their rice-fields, reports Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Keo Tin, representative of the Anh Chanh villagers in Chey Chok commune, Borei Cholasa district of takeo province, told RFA that the plantings of the border posts were carried out by the Vietnamese officials with the collaboration of the Cambodian officials. He said during the plantings of the posts, Cambodian authority prevented the protesters from approaching the site and only allowed them to stay about one kilometres away from the border post planting site. Another villager, Mr. Phim Pak, has expressed concerns about the loss of the villagers' farmlands and the loss of Khmer territory.
Mr. Srey Ben, Governor of Takeo province, decline to comment on the matter, only to ask RFA to go and visit the site to see for itself. Mr. Sout Khon, Governor of Borei Cholasa district, said the authoriy had not planted any border posts in the area yet, but just went there to conduct border survey and study the location of the future permanent border posts only.
Mr. Var Kimhong, chief of Cambodian Border Commission, cannot be reached for comments as calls to his mobile phone went unanswered.
Protests by Anh Chanh villagers followed a similar protest in Kban Spean village in Chantrea district of Svay Rieng province on 25th October 2009 when opposition leader Sam Rainsy led about 100 villagers to uproot six wooden border stakes they claimed were planted in the midlle of their rice-fields illegally. Two villagers were sentenced to one year jail and Mr. Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia to two years jail for sabotage and destruction of public properties.
Mr. Keo Tin, representative of the Anh Chanh villagers in Chey Chok commune, Borei Cholasa district of takeo province, told RFA that the plantings of the border posts were carried out by the Vietnamese officials with the collaboration of the Cambodian officials. He said during the plantings of the posts, Cambodian authority prevented the protesters from approaching the site and only allowed them to stay about one kilometres away from the border post planting site. Another villager, Mr. Phim Pak, has expressed concerns about the loss of the villagers' farmlands and the loss of Khmer territory.
Mr. Srey Ben, Governor of Takeo province, decline to comment on the matter, only to ask RFA to go and visit the site to see for itself. Mr. Sout Khon, Governor of Borei Cholasa district, said the authoriy had not planted any border posts in the area yet, but just went there to conduct border survey and study the location of the future permanent border posts only.
Mr. Var Kimhong, chief of Cambodian Border Commission, cannot be reached for comments as calls to his mobile phone went unanswered.
Protests by Anh Chanh villagers followed a similar protest in Kban Spean village in Chantrea district of Svay Rieng province on 25th October 2009 when opposition leader Sam Rainsy led about 100 villagers to uproot six wooden border stakes they claimed were planted in the midlle of their rice-fields illegally. Two villagers were sentenced to one year jail and Mr. Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia to two years jail for sabotage and destruction of public properties.
CWCI's statement on the border post in Takeo
Click on the statement in Khmer to zoom inUnofficial translation from Khmer
Cambodia Watchdog Council International (CWCI)
Kristiansen, 26 May 2010
Statement
CWCI strongly condemns the Cambodian and Vietnamese governments which agreed with each other to plant a border post that encroached into Cambodian territories. Based on Radio Free Asia’s report broadcasted in the evening of Tuesday 25 May 2010, Cambodian villagers from Anh-chanh village, Borey Chulsa district, Takeo province, have expressed concerns over the loss of their rice fields after Vietnam, with the close cooperation of the Cambodian authority forces, planted a border post on top of their rice fields. CWCI observes that the encroachments of Cambodian territories by Vietnam are taking place successively along provinces bordering the two countries, and the Cambodian government never showed this truth to the Cambodian public so that they know about this fact. Instead, the Cambodian government only helps to defend these encroachment acts and it turned around to prevent and fight the protesters, as evidenced in the case in Svay Rieng where the Cambodian victims of the encroachment there were sent to jail.
We demand that the Cambodian government put an immediate end to the planting of border posts with Vietnam because this border delineation violates the public will and the Cambodian Constitution as they led to a major loss of Cambodian territories to Vietnam. The Cambodian People will continue to condemn any leaders who allow foreign encroachments and foreign takeover of Khmer territories.
Ear Channa
Secretary
+47 99 48 93 47
We demand that the Cambodian government put an immediate end to the planting of border posts with Vietnam because this border delineation violates the public will and the Cambodian Constitution as they led to a major loss of Cambodian territories to Vietnam. The Cambodian People will continue to condemn any leaders who allow foreign encroachments and foreign takeover of Khmer territories.
Ear Channa
Secretary
+47 99 48 93 47
Friday, April 09, 2010
A thief giveth … a burglar taketh them away
20 sewing machines donated by Hun Xen to Hun Xen Chheu Teal high school all stolen
09 April 2010
By Koh Ekareach
Koh Santepheap
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
09 April 2010
By Koh Ekareach
Koh Santepheap
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Takeo – 20 sewing machines donated by Hun Xen and his chumteav to the Hun Xen Chheu Teal high school, located on Roka Krao commune, Daun Keo city, in 2007 were all stolen by a group of burglars who broke the lock to the door and went in to steal all of them at 1AM on 07 April. Due to this robbery, the high school principal was scolded for his lacking in the administration and for his lack of responsibility. A teacher from the high school indicated that these sewing machines were donation by Hun Xen and his chumteav, and the burglars took them all, including a number of other materials that were stored in the room. The burglars pried on the door metal bars and were able to unlock the key before entering the room and took everything away safely without anybody knowing about them.
It was not until 8AM on the next morning that the incident was known. The same teacher above added that when Hun Xen donated the 20 sewing machines, as well as 5 computers and 2 printers. However, of the 5 computers donated to the school, the city decided to take one away for its own use, another one disappeared for no reason and only 3 were left to the school. It should be noted that in all high schools in Cambodia, the principal would organize round-the-clock guard by teachers, but for the Hun Xen Chheu Teal high school, Va Van, the principal, hired an outside employee to guard the school. When we met Va Van, he said that with such a big high school, nobody can guard it completely, he said that even a locked private house can still be broken in by burglars.
It’s not that the high school does not have a guard, in fact it has a night guard, but on the day of the burglary, the guard did not know about it. Meas Sophon, the police inspector for Daun Keo city, answered over the phone that his place has no information for reporters, if the reporters want to know, they should go to the spot because he is so busy that he does not even have time to sleep, and he said that the school has no guard that was why the burglars can break in. Nut Khon, the director of the provincial education, youth and sport department told Koh Santepheap over the phone that about this burglary, up to now, Va Van, the school principal, has not reported the case to him yet.
It was not until 8AM on the next morning that the incident was known. The same teacher above added that when Hun Xen donated the 20 sewing machines, as well as 5 computers and 2 printers. However, of the 5 computers donated to the school, the city decided to take one away for its own use, another one disappeared for no reason and only 3 were left to the school. It should be noted that in all high schools in Cambodia, the principal would organize round-the-clock guard by teachers, but for the Hun Xen Chheu Teal high school, Va Van, the principal, hired an outside employee to guard the school. When we met Va Van, he said that with such a big high school, nobody can guard it completely, he said that even a locked private house can still be broken in by burglars.
It’s not that the high school does not have a guard, in fact it has a night guard, but on the day of the burglary, the guard did not know about it. Meas Sophon, the police inspector for Daun Keo city, answered over the phone that his place has no information for reporters, if the reporters want to know, they should go to the spot because he is so busy that he does not even have time to sleep, and he said that the school has no guard that was why the burglars can break in. Nut Khon, the director of the provincial education, youth and sport department told Koh Santepheap over the phone that about this burglary, up to now, Va Van, the school principal, has not reported the case to him yet.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Bird Flu Confirmed in Takeo, Culling Begins
By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
03 February 2010
Health authorities rushed to kill all the ducks in a Takeo province village on Wednesday, after samples of dead birds showed positive for avian influenza.
At least 10,000 ducks have so far died in Koh Andeth district, and officials expected to cull thousands more on Wednesday. Officials were focusing on Pralay Meas village, the suspected epicenter of the disease.
“We must kill all the remaining ducks in the village,” said Kao Phal, director of the Ministry of Agriculture’s veterinary department. “We must quickly complete our mission today.”
Tests on samples of dead ducks, which were among 10,000 discovered dead on Saturday, came up positive for the H5N1 virus, better known as bird flu.
The virus was likely transmitted from wild birds to the ducks, which were kept in open spaces, especially among rice fields, natural lakes and ponds and sparse forests, he said.
Nearly 50 officials from the ministries of Agriculture, Health, Environment and Commerce, as well as the National Authority for Disaster Management, joined the Food and Agricultural Organization, World Health Organization and local authorities to help trap ducks for culling.
The birds will be collected in sacks and thrown into large holes in the ground, where they are soaked with fuel and burned, sprayed with anti-viral chemicals, and finally buried.
Meanwhile, separate teams of officials were searching houses Wednesday for people who may be ill will symptoms of the disease, which can pass from birds to humans, including fever, coughing, muscle aches and sore throats.
Avian influenza has killed seven Cambodians since 2005, with one man surviving a bought of the disease in 2008. Bird flu has killed more than 200 people in Asiasince an outbreak began in 2003.
At least 10,000 ducks have so far died in Koh Andeth district, and officials expected to cull thousands more on Wednesday. Officials were focusing on Pralay Meas village, the suspected epicenter of the disease.
“We must kill all the remaining ducks in the village,” said Kao Phal, director of the Ministry of Agriculture’s veterinary department. “We must quickly complete our mission today.”
Tests on samples of dead ducks, which were among 10,000 discovered dead on Saturday, came up positive for the H5N1 virus, better known as bird flu.
The virus was likely transmitted from wild birds to the ducks, which were kept in open spaces, especially among rice fields, natural lakes and ponds and sparse forests, he said.
Nearly 50 officials from the ministries of Agriculture, Health, Environment and Commerce, as well as the National Authority for Disaster Management, joined the Food and Agricultural Organization, World Health Organization and local authorities to help trap ducks for culling.
The birds will be collected in sacks and thrown into large holes in the ground, where they are soaked with fuel and burned, sprayed with anti-viral chemicals, and finally buried.
Meanwhile, separate teams of officials were searching houses Wednesday for people who may be ill will symptoms of the disease, which can pass from birds to humans, including fever, coughing, muscle aches and sore throats.
Avian influenza has killed seven Cambodians since 2005, with one man surviving a bought of the disease in 2008. Bird flu has killed more than 200 people in Asiasince an outbreak began in 2003.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Cambodia culls bird flu-affected ducks
February 3, 2010
AAP
AAP
Cambodian authorities have begun a mass killing of ducks after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus.
The cull comes after more than 15,000 ducks died last week in the southern province of Takeo and samples tested positive on Tuesday for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, said Kao Phal, an official of the Agriculture Ministry.
He said the sale of duck meat and its transport from the affected villages would be banned.
So far there have been no signs of human infection from the ducks, the official said on Wednesday.
At least seven Cambodians have died from the disease since the first reported outbreak in 2004.
The cull comes after more than 15,000 ducks died last week in the southern province of Takeo and samples tested positive on Tuesday for the H1N1 virus, commonly known as bird flu, said Kao Phal, an official of the Agriculture Ministry.
He said the sale of duck meat and its transport from the affected villages would be banned.
So far there have been no signs of human infection from the ducks, the official said on Wednesday.
At least seven Cambodians have died from the disease since the first reported outbreak in 2004.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Seven people found with cholera in Mekong Delta province
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Thanh Nien News (Hanoi)
Thanh Nien News (Hanoi)
Seven of 45 people with acute diarrhea who were admitted to local hospitals in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang between January 19 and 28, were found to have cholera, a health ministry agency reported on Sunday.
All seven cholera patients came from Cambodia’s Takeo and Kandal provinces to An Giang for treatment, according to the Department of Preventive Health and Environment.
The department did not clarify whether all the patients were Vietnamese or not.
The Ministry of Health has warned of an outbreak of cholera, an acute intestinal infection transmitted through water or food contaminated with the bacteria vibrio, causing diarrhea and dehydration that can lead to kidney failure and death if not treated promptly.
The disease has ravaged northern Vietnam two times, in 2008 and 2009, infecting hundreds of people.
Meanwhile, in the central province of Ha Tinh, which has been hit by outbreaks of the avian flu H5N1, reported that seven people had fallen sick with fever and flu symptoms after coming in contact with sick poultry.
However, tests at the Hanoi-based National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology showed they did not have the avian flu virus.
Also on Sunday, the Nam Tra My General Hospital in the central province of Quang Nam said they had admitted 25 people with malaria over the past week from Tra Tap Commune.
The local health agency found nearly 100 people affected with the mosquito-borne infectious disease, but they had not approached the hospital for treatment. Hospital staff said they had also found patients in Nam Tra My District’s other communes.
All seven cholera patients came from Cambodia’s Takeo and Kandal provinces to An Giang for treatment, according to the Department of Preventive Health and Environment.
The department did not clarify whether all the patients were Vietnamese or not.
The Ministry of Health has warned of an outbreak of cholera, an acute intestinal infection transmitted through water or food contaminated with the bacteria vibrio, causing diarrhea and dehydration that can lead to kidney failure and death if not treated promptly.
The disease has ravaged northern Vietnam two times, in 2008 and 2009, infecting hundreds of people.
Meanwhile, in the central province of Ha Tinh, which has been hit by outbreaks of the avian flu H5N1, reported that seven people had fallen sick with fever and flu symptoms after coming in contact with sick poultry.
However, tests at the Hanoi-based National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology showed they did not have the avian flu virus.
Also on Sunday, the Nam Tra My General Hospital in the central province of Quang Nam said they had admitted 25 people with malaria over the past week from Tra Tap Commune.
The local health agency found nearly 100 people affected with the mosquito-borne infectious disease, but they had not approached the hospital for treatment. Hospital staff said they had also found patients in Nam Tra My District’s other communes.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Cambodian Military Police Involved in Brawl with Villagers Outside Takeo Provincial Court
Source: Licadho
October 14, 2009 - On September 30, 2009, more than 30 villagers fought with military police outside Takeo Provincial Court in an attempt to prevent authorities from detaining a community representative from being arrested on groundless disinformation charges.
After several hours of questioning by Takeo Provincial Court Director and Investigating Judge Tith Sothy, Sib Sen and Ny San were charged with disinformation and wrongful damage of property, which stemmed from a 2008 incident where they had removed a fence built by the mosque leaders to cover village land after declaring that it belonged to the community. No reasons were given by court which subsequently released Sib Sen on bail but arrested and detained Ny San.
After several hours of questioning by Takeo Provincial Court Director and Investigating Judge Tith Sothy, Sib Sen and Ny San were charged with disinformation and wrongful damage of property, which stemmed from a 2008 incident where they had removed a fence built by the mosque leaders to cover village land after declaring that it belonged to the community. No reasons were given by court which subsequently released Sib Sen on bail but arrested and detained Ny San.
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