Map showing Kampuchea Krom (Cochinchina) at near bottom of the map. It was annexed by France in 1864 but was ceded to Vietnam in 1949. Click on map to enlarge.Source: Koh Santepheap newspaper
Reported in English by Khmerization
The Phnom Penh City Hall has given permission for the first time to Khmer Krom people to hold a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the loss of Kampuchea Krom to Vietnam, reports Koh Santepheap.
City Hall officals said on 1st of June that the Khmer Krom communities had been officially given permission to hold the 60th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the loss of Kampuchea Krom on the 4th of June.
Mr. Yond Tharo, MP from the Sam Rainsy Party who is a Kampuchea Krom native himself, said the ceremony will be held across Cambodia. In Phnom Penh 1,949 Buddhist monks will be invited to the initial alms-offerings ceremony, a number which represented the year that the territory was ceded. Representatives of Khmer Krom associations said that more than 2,000 Khmer Krom people from all provinces across Cambodia will join the commemoration service in Phnom Penh.
Kampuchea Krom was a former Cambodian territory comprising of 21 provinces in southern Vietnam ceded to Vietnam by the French parliament on 4th June, 1949. Presently, there are approximately 12 million native Cambodians living the in the territory, often under neglect, discrimination, persecution and oppression by the Vietnamese authority.
Reported in English by Khmerization
The Phnom Penh City Hall has given permission for the first time to Khmer Krom people to hold a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the loss of Kampuchea Krom to Vietnam, reports Koh Santepheap.
City Hall officals said on 1st of June that the Khmer Krom communities had been officially given permission to hold the 60th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the loss of Kampuchea Krom on the 4th of June.
Mr. Yond Tharo, MP from the Sam Rainsy Party who is a Kampuchea Krom native himself, said the ceremony will be held across Cambodia. In Phnom Penh 1,949 Buddhist monks will be invited to the initial alms-offerings ceremony, a number which represented the year that the territory was ceded. Representatives of Khmer Krom associations said that more than 2,000 Khmer Krom people from all provinces across Cambodia will join the commemoration service in Phnom Penh.
Kampuchea Krom was a former Cambodian territory comprising of 21 provinces in southern Vietnam ceded to Vietnam by the French parliament on 4th June, 1949. Presently, there are approximately 12 million native Cambodians living the in the territory, often under neglect, discrimination, persecution and oppression by the Vietnamese authority.
2 comments:
good one.
Congratulations to Khmer Krom who tried every hard to make all Khmers remember Kampuchea Krom territory against all odds. They were persecuted by the Viet authority in Vietnam But when they come to Cambodia, Hun Sen and his government treated them as unwelcome people. They are discriminated by his government.
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