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The Thai embassy in Phnom Penh was quick to dispel rumours that the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok has been burned down by Thai protesters on Tuesday 27th October, reports Deum Ampil.
About 100 Thais gathered to protest at the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday 27th. After Thai activists set fire a protest placard that represents the treaty between Siam (old name of Thailand) and France outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok, rumours reached Phnom Penh that the Cambodian embassy building had been set alight.
The Thai Embassy quickly issued a short press release saying that the rumours are not true.
In a short press release, the Embassy says: "Due to rumours that the Cambodian Embassy in Thailand has been burned down, the Thai authority had communicated to the Thai Embassy in Cambodia to confirm the following: 1. There is no such incident had happened. 2. The Thai authority had deployed police force to provide a strong protection of the Cambodian Embassy."
The Thai yellowed shirted People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) had protested against Cambodian PM Hun Sen's offer of a political asylum to fugitive ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
In 2003, Cambodian protesters burned down Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh after rumours that a Thai actress, Miss Suwanan Kongying, claimed that Cambodia's iconic Angkor Wat temple belong to Thailand.
A demonstrator holds a banner with pictures of exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a rally outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok October 27, 2009. The relationship between Thailand and Cambodia, which is already stressed from a border dispute near Preah Vihear temple, was further worsened after comments made by Hun Sen about Shinawatra. Hun Sen offered Shinawatra at the ASEAN summit last week, a job as economic adviser should he choose to seek asylum in Cambodia.
REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Policemen stand guard outside the Cambodian Embassy during a demonstration in Bangkok October 27, 2009. The relationship between Thailand and Cambodia, which is already stressed from a border dispute near Preah Vihear temple, was further worsened after comments made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen about exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Hun Sen offered Shinawatra at the ASEAN summit last week, a job as economic adviser should he choose to seek asylum in Cambodia.
REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND POLITICS CONFLICT)
Policemen stand guard outside the Cambodian Embassy during a demonstration in Bangkok October 27, 2009. The relationship between Thailand and Cambodia, which is already stressed from a border dispute near Preah Vihear temple, was further worsened after comments made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen about exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Hun Sen offered Shinawatra at the ASEAN summit last week, a job as economic adviser should he choose to seek asylum in Cambodia.
REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND POLITICS CONFLICT)
A demonstrator holds a banner with pictures of exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a rally outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok October 27, 2009. The relationship between Thailand and Cambodia, which is already stressed from a border dispute near Preah Vihear temple, was further worsened after comments made by Hun Sen about Shinawatra. Hun Sen offered Shinawatra at the ASEAN summit last week, a job as economic adviser should he choose to seek asylum in Cambodia.
REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND POLITICS CONFLICT)
Thai police officers stand guards as the security is tightened outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 for ongoing rallies by Thai protestors. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen offered to make Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra his economic adviser last week, threatening to worsen already tense relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbors. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Thai activists wave Thai flags and chant slogans during a rally against the act of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen toward Thailand outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Hun Sen offered to make Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra his economic adviser last week, threatening to worsen already tense relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbors. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Thai activists set fire a protest placard that represents the treaty between Siam (old name of Thailand) and France during a rally against the act of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen toward Thailand outside the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Hun Sen offered to make Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra his economic adviser last week, threatening to worsen already tense relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbors. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) 
2 comments:
If the rumors are not dispelled very quickly, the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh might be burned down soon too.
I don't understand why the Cambodian authority did not allow the Khmer people to protest in front of Thai embassy in Phnom Penh to show that Cambodian people are not happy with the Thai invasion of Preah Vihear temple.
Thaksin is Thailand's prisoner but Ahpisit is killer without gun.
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