The fireworks with the picture of the Thai king appeared on the top right.Kampuchea Thmey newspaper
28th January, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization
The Chinese new year celebrations in the border town of Poipet have been one of the most spectacular in Cambodia because the celebrations were jointly organised by the many Thai-owned casinos in this border town.
There were dragon dances from Cambodia and there were dragon dances from Thailand.
The dragon dances from Thailand were the most popular dances because they were well-dressed and well-rehearsed, coupled with the spectacular fireworks.
To the surprises of local and international tourists, when the fireworks went up, suddenly a big picture of the Thai king appeared in a big white cloth hanging from a tall pole and were surrounded by spectacular fireworks.
Many Khmer spectators were not amused. They questioned whether Poipet is a Thai or Khmer town. They have criticised Khmer authority for allowing the picture of the Thai king to be displayed in the celebrations on Khmer soil. They said that if there is a need to display the picture of the king, it should have been a picture of the Khmer king, instead of a picture of the Thai king.
Many Khmer people criticised that those casinos are private foreign-owned casinos, why they are so influential and do whatever they want on Khmer soil without respecting the Khmer culture and the Cambodian laws.
Mrs. Kanchana, chief of Poipet International Checkpoint, said that those casinos have organised the Chinese new year celebrations by inviting the dragon dancers from Thailand and did not ask the permission from the Cambodian authority, therefore she know nothing about why the picture of the Thai king was displayed in the fireworks.
She added that, if she knew that the picture of Thai king was to be displayed in the fireworks she wouldn’t allow it.
Many Khmer living in Poipet said that many Thai-owned casinos never respect Khmer culture and Khmer laws because all the casino’s logos and shopfront signs were all written in the Thai language, without any Khmer language written on them. These practices have negatively affected the reputation of Cambodia and Cambodian culture.
Many Khmer people condemned the Khmer authority for being weak and are afraid of the influences of those Thai-owned casinos, leaving them to do whatever they want inside the Khmer territories without respecting any Khmer laws. They request the Poipet authority to punish those casinos that are violating the Cambodian laws.
28th January, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization
The Chinese new year celebrations in the border town of Poipet have been one of the most spectacular in Cambodia because the celebrations were jointly organised by the many Thai-owned casinos in this border town.
There were dragon dances from Cambodia and there were dragon dances from Thailand.
The dragon dances from Thailand were the most popular dances because they were well-dressed and well-rehearsed, coupled with the spectacular fireworks.
To the surprises of local and international tourists, when the fireworks went up, suddenly a big picture of the Thai king appeared in a big white cloth hanging from a tall pole and were surrounded by spectacular fireworks.
Many Khmer spectators were not amused. They questioned whether Poipet is a Thai or Khmer town. They have criticised Khmer authority for allowing the picture of the Thai king to be displayed in the celebrations on Khmer soil. They said that if there is a need to display the picture of the king, it should have been a picture of the Khmer king, instead of a picture of the Thai king.
Many Khmer people criticised that those casinos are private foreign-owned casinos, why they are so influential and do whatever they want on Khmer soil without respecting the Khmer culture and the Cambodian laws.
Mrs. Kanchana, chief of Poipet International Checkpoint, said that those casinos have organised the Chinese new year celebrations by inviting the dragon dancers from Thailand and did not ask the permission from the Cambodian authority, therefore she know nothing about why the picture of the Thai king was displayed in the fireworks.
She added that, if she knew that the picture of Thai king was to be displayed in the fireworks she wouldn’t allow it.
Many Khmer living in Poipet said that many Thai-owned casinos never respect Khmer culture and Khmer laws because all the casino’s logos and shopfront signs were all written in the Thai language, without any Khmer language written on them. These practices have negatively affected the reputation of Cambodia and Cambodian culture.
Many Khmer people condemned the Khmer authority for being weak and are afraid of the influences of those Thai-owned casinos, leaving them to do whatever they want inside the Khmer territories without respecting any Khmer laws. They request the Poipet authority to punish those casinos that are violating the Cambodian laws.
1 comment:
Thank you Mrs. Kanchana that you have a good eyes to protect our Cambodian's pride.
Please local Khmer authority in that area must to stop those lawlessness thai people from doing such a stupid activities in Khmer territories from now on.
At this critical moment,we all Cambodian have to stand up for our ancestors.
thai and viet they both intend to steal our land every breath in and out from their lung , they are using different stragedy,thai we can see what they want to do but vietnam they create cancer from inside the body of Khmer people.
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