Border post #187 located deep inside Cambodian territory and far away from the 1979 man-made canal, dug by Vietnam in 1979 to act as a borderline.By Khmerization
Source: Radio Free Asia
The Cambodian government is considering filing additional charges against opposition leader Sam Rainsy if he does not stop publishing documents related to Cambodia-Vietnam's borders, report Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Tith Sothea, press spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said on 26th January that Sam Rainsy must stop further publications of the 15-page documents about Vietnam's encroachments on Cambodian territory or the government will file additional charges against him. "The creation of all the documents by Mr. Sam Rainsy to back his claims are all lies and was intended to create issues in order to create social disorders which will affect the national security and laws and orders", he said.
Mr. Tith Sothea added that the border demarcations were done properly in accordance with the 1964 map kept at the United Nations and in accordance with the 1985 Treaty which was ratified by the Cambodian parliament in 2005.
Mr. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), said the 15-page documents published by Mr. Sam Rainsy are factual documents created with the help of cartographical experts and historians in France. He added that the SRP does not recognise the 1985's supplemental Treaty which was ratified in 2005. "Those documents are collected and compiled by cartographical experts, border experts, historians and IT experts in France. They have met and prepared the documents for showing to national and international public opinions that the uprooting of the border posts (#185) by His Excellency Sam Rainsy was not wrong because those border posts were planted inside Cambodian territory. We show to national and international public opinions that the joint border works currently carried out by Cambodia and Vietnam affect the territorial integrity of Cambodia", he said.
Mr. Ou Virak, director of Cambodian Centre for Human Rights, said the government is using the court to suppress (critics) for its own political gains. "When we have border disputes with Thailand, the government was making great efforts to show evidences or documents similar to these (Rainsy's) documents. But regarding the Cambodian borders with Vietnam, the government has never paid any attention. Instead, it bans the dissemination of those kinds of documents", he said.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is facing arrest after the court issued an arrest warrant against him on charges of sabotage and destruction of public property when he uprooted 6 wooden border posts from Border Pillar number 185 on 25th October 2009. Mr. Rainsy is currently living in exile in France and the court will hear his case on 27th January without his presence. Political observers and opposition politicians expect a guilty verdict.
Source: Radio Free Asia
The Cambodian government is considering filing additional charges against opposition leader Sam Rainsy if he does not stop publishing documents related to Cambodia-Vietnam's borders, report Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Tith Sothea, press spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said on 26th January that Sam Rainsy must stop further publications of the 15-page documents about Vietnam's encroachments on Cambodian territory or the government will file additional charges against him. "The creation of all the documents by Mr. Sam Rainsy to back his claims are all lies and was intended to create issues in order to create social disorders which will affect the national security and laws and orders", he said.
Mr. Tith Sothea added that the border demarcations were done properly in accordance with the 1964 map kept at the United Nations and in accordance with the 1985 Treaty which was ratified by the Cambodian parliament in 2005.
Mr. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), said the 15-page documents published by Mr. Sam Rainsy are factual documents created with the help of cartographical experts and historians in France. He added that the SRP does not recognise the 1985's supplemental Treaty which was ratified in 2005. "Those documents are collected and compiled by cartographical experts, border experts, historians and IT experts in France. They have met and prepared the documents for showing to national and international public opinions that the uprooting of the border posts (#185) by His Excellency Sam Rainsy was not wrong because those border posts were planted inside Cambodian territory. We show to national and international public opinions that the joint border works currently carried out by Cambodia and Vietnam affect the territorial integrity of Cambodia", he said.
Mr. Ou Virak, director of Cambodian Centre for Human Rights, said the government is using the court to suppress (critics) for its own political gains. "When we have border disputes with Thailand, the government was making great efforts to show evidences or documents similar to these (Rainsy's) documents. But regarding the Cambodian borders with Vietnam, the government has never paid any attention. Instead, it bans the dissemination of those kinds of documents", he said.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is facing arrest after the court issued an arrest warrant against him on charges of sabotage and destruction of public property when he uprooted 6 wooden border posts from Border Pillar number 185 on 25th October 2009. Mr. Rainsy is currently living in exile in France and the court will hear his case on 27th January without his presence. Political observers and opposition politicians expect a guilty verdict.
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