Statement from Khmer Surin Chey Mongkol

Moeung Son in Surin.

The following is a statement issued by Mr. Chey Mongkol of the Srin [Surin] Language and Culture Association in Thailand explaining the reason why he refuses to join the alliance set up by Moeung Son, the president of the Khmer Civilization Foundation. The actions taken by Mr. Moeung Son's group led to an infinite delay in the funding provided by the Thailand Research Fund (TRF) to Khmer Srin associations. Furthermore, Mr. Moeung Son would like to establish his base in Wat Svay Pagoda, a center that Mr. Chey Mongkol's Association is already providing Khmer language teaching on a yearly basis. Mr. Chey Mongkol would rather see Mr. Moeng Son starting his activities in an area where Khmer language teaching is not available yet. While Mr. Chey Mongkol refuses to join Mr. Moeung Son's group, he clearly stated that he is not preventing the latter from performing its activities in Srin, however, Mr. Moeung Son must clearly understand the needs and the requirements faced by the local Khmer Srin people and he must not impose his outside views that could seriously affect the wellbeing of Khmer Srin.

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