Son Chhay (far left), Kem Sokha (letf) and PM Hun Sen (bottom).
Prime Minister Hun Sen has rejected criticisms that during his rule Cambodia’s neighbours had encroached on Cambodian borders everyday.
Speaking during a religious ceremony in Koh Thom district in Kandal Province on 27th February the Prime Minister said: “They said that each day Vietnam has encroached one metre, ten metres or one hundred metres and Thailand had encroached one metre, ten metres or one hundred metres. I think that according to what they have claimed, to this present day, Cambodia would have lost all our lands. I think that these sorts of propaganda, sometimes were made with the intention of insulting our own race. I think that the accusations about land sale to foreigners is a sad topic and is a topic which is insulting to our own race.”
Kem Sokha, the President of the Human Right Party, who has recently criticised about the drafting of an amendment to the laws which will allow foreigners to own properties and lands, said in reference to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks that: “According to the people, there were border movements. These claims didn’t come from one person only. There were many places of border encroachments. For example, in Takeo, many villagers told me that there were encroachments. In Kampong Cham they said the same. And in Rattanakiri I have received the same information from the people there.”
Son Chhay, a member of the Parliamentary Permanent Committee and a member of the Sam Rainsy Party, said in reference to the border issues that: “If we talk about border encroachments, in some areas there were encroachments of 5 kilometres, 10 kilometres, 8 kilometres. According to border experts they have pointed to the maps that have been kept at the United Nations which shown that in 1994 we have declared “white areas” (overlapping areas) along the borders with our neighbours. And the declaration of such “white areas” has made Cambodia lost some parts of our lands along the borders. There must be an investigation using technical methodology so that our people will be satisfied.”
In the past a border committer known as Cambodian Borders Committee, based in France and led by Mr. Sean Pengse, has often reported about border encroachments by Cambodia’s neighbours. The Committee had also appealed to the government to annul all border agreements with our neighbours signed between 1980 to 1993. //END//
27th Feb. 2007
By Keo Nimol
Radio Free Asia
By Keo Nimol
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer to English by Khmerization
Prime Minister Hun Sen has rejected criticisms that during his rule Cambodia’s neighbours had encroached on Cambodian borders everyday.
Speaking during a religious ceremony in Koh Thom district in Kandal Province on 27th February the Prime Minister said: “They said that each day Vietnam has encroached one metre, ten metres or one hundred metres and Thailand had encroached one metre, ten metres or one hundred metres. I think that according to what they have claimed, to this present day, Cambodia would have lost all our lands. I think that these sorts of propaganda, sometimes were made with the intention of insulting our own race. I think that the accusations about land sale to foreigners is a sad topic and is a topic which is insulting to our own race.”
Kem Sokha, the President of the Human Right Party, who has recently criticised about the drafting of an amendment to the laws which will allow foreigners to own properties and lands, said in reference to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks that: “According to the people, there were border movements. These claims didn’t come from one person only. There were many places of border encroachments. For example, in Takeo, many villagers told me that there were encroachments. In Kampong Cham they said the same. And in Rattanakiri I have received the same information from the people there.”
Son Chhay, a member of the Parliamentary Permanent Committee and a member of the Sam Rainsy Party, said in reference to the border issues that: “If we talk about border encroachments, in some areas there were encroachments of 5 kilometres, 10 kilometres, 8 kilometres. According to border experts they have pointed to the maps that have been kept at the United Nations which shown that in 1994 we have declared “white areas” (overlapping areas) along the borders with our neighbours. And the declaration of such “white areas” has made Cambodia lost some parts of our lands along the borders. There must be an investigation using technical methodology so that our people will be satisfied.”
In the past a border committer known as Cambodian Borders Committee, based in France and led by Mr. Sean Pengse, has often reported about border encroachments by Cambodia’s neighbours. The Committee had also appealed to the government to annul all border agreements with our neighbours signed between 1980 to 1993. //END//
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