Source: Radio Free Asia
Reported in English by Khmerization
Radio Sambok Khmum has indicated that it will broadcast the commemoration ceremony of the loss of Kampuchea Krom live from France on the 13th of June, reports Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Mam Sonando, director and owner of Radio Sambok Khmum, said that this live broadcast is purely a Khmer issue and he doesn't believe that it will affect the relations between Hanoi and Phnom Penh.
He said: "I am only fufilling my duty. My duty is to broadcast the activities of the Khmer Krom people to in the defence of their freedom, this is the first point. Secondly, I believe that the Khmer krom issue is 100% a Cambodian issue. Thirdly, this is relating to the history of Kampuchea Krom which we need to let all Khmers know clearly about the Khmer Krom issues. Why Kampuchea Krom was put under the Vietnamese control and why do we have the issue of Kampuchea Krom? Why did I say that it is an issue for all Khmers? Because France was the one who ceded the Kampuchea Krom territories to Vietnam, but France never ceded the Khmer Krom people to the Vietnamese rule?"
Mr. Thach Ngoc Thach, president of the Khmer Krom Federation, said that the commemoration ceremony was held as a way to ask the EU to put pressures on Vietnam to respect the human rights of Khmer Krom people and to give self-determination to Khmer Krom people.
He said of the reason why the commemoration service is being held in France: "First, this is important because it is the 60th anniversary of the loss of Kampuchea Krom. Secondly, France is a country that ceded the territory of Kampuchea Krom to Vietnam. We came here because we have a cooperation from the UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples' Organisation), the cooperation of the Centre for Human Rights of Hawaii and we have invited the representatives of the EU and the UN and a number of international legal experts to attend the ceremony. So, we would like to use this 60th anniversary as an event to launch our protest through legal channels, to make a protest through the 21 committees in order to reverse the Vietnamese colonisation of Kampuchea Krom. Thirdly, we urge the UN Human Right Council in Geneva to take up the issues of human right abuses in Kampuchea Krom. Fourthly, we will push for the issues (above) to be resolved through judicial channels."
Kampuchea Krom is a former Khmer territory consisting of 21 provinces inhabited by about 12 million Khmer Krom people. It was ceded to Vietnam by the French colonial authority on the 4th of June, 1949.
Reported in English by Khmerization
Radio Sambok Khmum has indicated that it will broadcast the commemoration ceremony of the loss of Kampuchea Krom live from France on the 13th of June, reports Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Mam Sonando, director and owner of Radio Sambok Khmum, said that this live broadcast is purely a Khmer issue and he doesn't believe that it will affect the relations between Hanoi and Phnom Penh.
He said: "I am only fufilling my duty. My duty is to broadcast the activities of the Khmer Krom people to in the defence of their freedom, this is the first point. Secondly, I believe that the Khmer krom issue is 100% a Cambodian issue. Thirdly, this is relating to the history of Kampuchea Krom which we need to let all Khmers know clearly about the Khmer Krom issues. Why Kampuchea Krom was put under the Vietnamese control and why do we have the issue of Kampuchea Krom? Why did I say that it is an issue for all Khmers? Because France was the one who ceded the Kampuchea Krom territories to Vietnam, but France never ceded the Khmer Krom people to the Vietnamese rule?"
Mr. Thach Ngoc Thach, president of the Khmer Krom Federation, said that the commemoration ceremony was held as a way to ask the EU to put pressures on Vietnam to respect the human rights of Khmer Krom people and to give self-determination to Khmer Krom people.
He said of the reason why the commemoration service is being held in France: "First, this is important because it is the 60th anniversary of the loss of Kampuchea Krom. Secondly, France is a country that ceded the territory of Kampuchea Krom to Vietnam. We came here because we have a cooperation from the UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples' Organisation), the cooperation of the Centre for Human Rights of Hawaii and we have invited the representatives of the EU and the UN and a number of international legal experts to attend the ceremony. So, we would like to use this 60th anniversary as an event to launch our protest through legal channels, to make a protest through the 21 committees in order to reverse the Vietnamese colonisation of Kampuchea Krom. Thirdly, we urge the UN Human Right Council in Geneva to take up the issues of human right abuses in Kampuchea Krom. Fourthly, we will push for the issues (above) to be resolved through judicial channels."
Kampuchea Krom is a former Khmer territory consisting of 21 provinces inhabited by about 12 million Khmer Krom people. It was ceded to Vietnam by the French colonial authority on the 4th of June, 1949.
2 comments:
kill the french in khmer krom and cambodia
The loss of Kampuchea Krom is a very sad and painful memory indeed. Khmer Krom people should be commended for their courage and efforts to resist the Vietnamese oppression and their struggle to gain self-determination.
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