Photo by: Heng Chivoan
Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarians visit a border marker along the Vietnamese border in Kampong Cham earlier this month.
National Assembly president Heng Samrin slammed the opposition Sam Rainsy Party on Tuesday for its recent claims that Cambodia has ceded land to Vietnam by allowing the misplacement of border demarcation posts.
The rebuke came two weeks after a delegation of opposition SRP members claimed that Vietnamese border police crossed onto Cambodian land to prevent them from visiting border demarcation post 103, in Kampong Cham province’s Memot district on December 13.
The delegation also alleged that according to its maps and claims from local residents, 14 villages in Memot’s Da, Muol and Ruong communes had been ceded to Vietnam following the planting of border posts 108 and 109.
Speaking during a session at the National Assembly on Tuesday, Heng Samrin, who is also an honorary president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, said the SRP had expressed their concerns about the issue in an “inappropriate manner”.
“Experts on the Border Committee of the two countries have held serious discussions before reaching an agreement for each demarcation border post,” he said.
“It was a mutual understanding and agreement of the two countries, therefore there must be no matter of an allegation about border encroachment.”
He said land along some areas of the border had a history of being passed back and forth between villagers from the two countries prior to stretches of the border being clearly demarcated this year.
“I am not taking sides since there is no clear border,” he said.
“They encroached into our territory and we encroached into their territory, therefore when the border demarcation took place there were problems.”
He also noted that Vietnamese residents living along the border had “protested to their government” following the planting of new demarcation posts, claiming that they had lost land.
SRP spokesman Yim Sovann defended the actions of the opposition party, saying that the behaviour of the Vietnamese border officials “cannot be accepted”.
“We have to protest with Vietnam because their soldiers were deployed in Cambodian territory and were surrounding and threatening Cambodian parliamentarians,” he said.
He also noted that it was the duty of the opposition party to raise questions about border issues, citing consistent “trouble and lack of transparency” surrounding the Cambodian-Vietnamese border.
The rebuke came two weeks after a delegation of opposition SRP members claimed that Vietnamese border police crossed onto Cambodian land to prevent them from visiting border demarcation post 103, in Kampong Cham province’s Memot district on December 13.
The delegation also alleged that according to its maps and claims from local residents, 14 villages in Memot’s Da, Muol and Ruong communes had been ceded to Vietnam following the planting of border posts 108 and 109.
Speaking during a session at the National Assembly on Tuesday, Heng Samrin, who is also an honorary president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, said the SRP had expressed their concerns about the issue in an “inappropriate manner”.
“Experts on the Border Committee of the two countries have held serious discussions before reaching an agreement for each demarcation border post,” he said.
“It was a mutual understanding and agreement of the two countries, therefore there must be no matter of an allegation about border encroachment.”
He said land along some areas of the border had a history of being passed back and forth between villagers from the two countries prior to stretches of the border being clearly demarcated this year.
“I am not taking sides since there is no clear border,” he said.
“They encroached into our territory and we encroached into their territory, therefore when the border demarcation took place there were problems.”
He also noted that Vietnamese residents living along the border had “protested to their government” following the planting of new demarcation posts, claiming that they had lost land.
SRP spokesman Yim Sovann defended the actions of the opposition party, saying that the behaviour of the Vietnamese border officials “cannot be accepted”.
“We have to protest with Vietnam because their soldiers were deployed in Cambodian territory and were surrounding and threatening Cambodian parliamentarians,” he said.
He also noted that it was the duty of the opposition party to raise questions about border issues, citing consistent “trouble and lack of transparency” surrounding the Cambodian-Vietnamese border.
3 comments:
Well, Mr. Heng Samrin, what is the appropriate way to deal with this problem?
Mr. Heng, this is a major problem, maybe have a better idea, since you are the chairman of the National Assembly, you were chosen for your current position that you are holding because of your super intelligence and that you are very articulate to represent us.
We want to do something and use your power to stop the Viet taking our lands.
No you are not wast your time, SRP MP stand up against youn, that fine I undestand, and you may very knowledgible on politicale issue, yes I agreed, you may gentle and highly interlected people, I very please to hear from you that you love Khmer who stand against enemy. Since We all Khmer and allways, always want to see brighter future of Cambodia, PAD Thai theive they claim Hun sen tooke theire land, SRP you now Sam rainsy was cooporate with Thai,is it Right?, claim Hun sen give land to youn. is it provocative by SRP to help enermy Thai or Sam rainsy are Stupid, was Hun sen dare to give land to youn? and 14 millions Khmer stupid, or only SRP are smarter?. He who sold braind to foreign not Hun sen, but Sam rainsy. I frustreat too when I saw veit police in our territory, but why don't we base our judgement on both the JBC Var kimhong, and the SRP MP, I strongly beleived No one dare to give land to youn they will have no place to live if do so.
Regards
Mr. Heng Samrin, these opposition MPs are protecting Khmer land. You should support them instead of attacking them. You are already a traitor when you don't protect Khmer land, and if you attacked those who protected Khmer land then you are even a bigger traitor.
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