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A sign erected yesterday near Preah Vihear temple, along the sensitive Thai-Cambodian border, that replaces a similar message that accused Thailand of invading Cambodian territory.
Cambodian troops have removed a stone tablet placed near Preah Vihear temple that accused Thailand of “invading” the Kingdom following requests from Thai officials, military sources said yesterday.
The stone in question was placed last month at Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvara, adjacent to the temple, and read: “Here! is the place where Thai troops invaded Cambodian territory on July 15, 2008, and withdrew at 10:30am on December 1, 2010.”
Tensions in the area first broke out in 2008 following the inscription of Preah Vihear as a UNESCO World Heritage site for Cambodia.
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces official at the border who asked to remain anonymous said the offending sign, which had drawn criticism from senior Thai military commanders and Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva, had been replaced with a new one.
Whether the new sign will be received any more favourably remains to be seen. Thai officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.
“Here! is Cambodia,” reads the sign erected yesterday.
“I heard [the placement of the sign] was ordered by Prime Minister Hun Sen,” the military official said.
RCAF division 3 commander Srey Doek, who is stationed near Preah Vihear temple, declined to comment.
Thai Lieutenant General Thawatchai Samutsakhon said this past weekend that Thailand “cannot accept” the invasion allegation listed on the old sign.
“If they don’t take it down, I may have a sign with a similar message erected,” Thawatchai told the Bangkok Post.
Abhisit said on Sunday that he had ordered military officials to contact Cambodia about removing the offending sign.
The stone in question was placed last month at Wat Keo Sekha Kirisvara, adjacent to the temple, and read: “Here! is the place where Thai troops invaded Cambodian territory on July 15, 2008, and withdrew at 10:30am on December 1, 2010.”
Tensions in the area first broke out in 2008 following the inscription of Preah Vihear as a UNESCO World Heritage site for Cambodia.
A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces official at the border who asked to remain anonymous said the offending sign, which had drawn criticism from senior Thai military commanders and Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva, had been replaced with a new one.
Whether the new sign will be received any more favourably remains to be seen. Thai officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.
“Here! is Cambodia,” reads the sign erected yesterday.
“I heard [the placement of the sign] was ordered by Prime Minister Hun Sen,” the military official said.
RCAF division 3 commander Srey Doek, who is stationed near Preah Vihear temple, declined to comment.
Thai Lieutenant General Thawatchai Samutsakhon said this past weekend that Thailand “cannot accept” the invasion allegation listed on the old sign.
“If they don’t take it down, I may have a sign with a similar message erected,” Thawatchai told the Bangkok Post.
Abhisit said on Sunday that he had ordered military officials to contact Cambodia about removing the offending sign.
3 comments:
Okay, so Cambodia change the stone tablet to please the crying Siem. What's next for the cry baby Siem bastards?
Cambodia should flex its military muscles as well so that every time the Siamese are not happy with us that they will not flex their military muscles again. This is ridiculous! So, everywhere and anywhere in Cambodia are up for grabs by the Siamese?
Let get realistic about our life, as Cambodia.
Our country is the poorest nation in the region, if not in the world. For decades, we have depended on foreign aid, there are thousands of world organizations all over our country to assist and to feed our people on a daily basis, that they are not able to help themselves.
Our gov't and nation as a whole can not survive with foreign aid.
When you are poor, and need help, you must do what the givers asking you to do.
Talking about flexing muscles with the Thai, we must be very careful of what we said, and what we wish for.
Thailand, is a country most prosperous and wealthier country in the region, their economy is comparable to Singapore, Taiwanese, and South Korea.
Their military defense systems were well established. They equipped with the latest and sophisticated military equipments, most are purchased from the United States.
NOT A FEW OF THE MICKY MOUSE MILITARY TRUCKS WERE DONATED BY THE CHINESE.
In summary, we, Cambodian do not even have a stable government, no economy, the most corrupted government officials in the world, our government and people need assistance from someone else in every aspect of our daily life, we are unable to anything on our own. We are simply having very little or no education and poor.
How can you flex muscle with anybody?
Our government must come to a realization, that this is the time, not tomorrow but NOW.
We must restructuring our education, abolishing corruption, have a clear vision of our short and long term of our economy, reform of immigration laws, reform of our judicial system to a fair and justice for all system, nurturing of our environment and our natural resources; government must fully cooperate and support of our agriculture workers; improvement of our infrastructures for our people, and our health and services.
Our public education must emphasis in science and math. We must have our people educated.
We have SO many things to do, that only if we capable of doing them, commitment to do them, and do them NOW.
Before, we can flex muscle with anyone.
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