By Khmerization
Source: RFA
Cambodian villagers living in Choup Koki village in Ampil commune of Banteay Ampil district in Oddar Meanchey province have said that recently Thai troops had come to prohibit Khmer farmers from ploughing and toiling their lands near the border to grow rice and other crops.
Mrs. Khiev Yom, a villager from Choup Koki East village located on the top of Dangrek Mountain, told RFA on 5th March that Thai soldiers had told Cambodian border troops to tell Cambodian farmers to stop farming on their lands where they have farmed for many, many years already. "Thai soldiers told the Khmer soldiers to tell Khmer people to destroy all the cassava trees that they have already grown. Thai soldiers said directly with me that the area from a road along the front of my house they won't let anyone to grow anything, not to construct anything. The day before yesterday (3rd March), 18 of them (Thai soldiers) came to patrol behind my house, about 10 metres from my house", she said.
Villagers said 4 Cambodian families who had lands near the border were not allowed to farm or grow crops on their lands. In the past, Thai troops often came and tried to evict Khmer farmers from this village on several occasions.
A Cambodian soldier admitted that Thai soldiers did come to forbid Khmer villagers from farming or growing crops on their lands for about two months already. "They (the lands) are all located inside Khmer territory. According to the map, it shows that people are growing crops since the Khmer Rouge time (1975-1979), but now when the Cambodian villagers grow cassava or other crops they (the Thais) prohibited them from doing do. They did not destroy our cassava, they only told us to destroy those cassava, but we have not destroyed those cassava yet. But if we grow small crops like growing chili is alright, but they don't allow us to grow crops for many rai (approx. 1600 m2) or many hectares", he said.
Mr. Vath Paranin, director of Administration of Oddar Meanchey Province, said he rejected the Thai actions, saying while border committees from both sides did not carry out demarcation works yet, both sides of the borders can maintain the status quo. "I think that what areas our people have controlled and used to grow crops in the past, we allow them to grow crops in those areas as before. I want to say that we retain the status quo. When the border committees from both countries have demarcated the border then we will implement the orders at the national levels in accordance with the recommendations of the border committees (of both countries)", he said.
Mr. Vath Paranin said the Oddar Meanchey Provincial Authority will invite the governor of Banteay Ampil district to report about this issue so the provincial authority will in turn make a report to the national authority to resolve this issue for the villagers.
Source: RFA
Cambodian villagers living in Choup Koki village in Ampil commune of Banteay Ampil district in Oddar Meanchey province have said that recently Thai troops had come to prohibit Khmer farmers from ploughing and toiling their lands near the border to grow rice and other crops.
Mrs. Khiev Yom, a villager from Choup Koki East village located on the top of Dangrek Mountain, told RFA on 5th March that Thai soldiers had told Cambodian border troops to tell Cambodian farmers to stop farming on their lands where they have farmed for many, many years already. "Thai soldiers told the Khmer soldiers to tell Khmer people to destroy all the cassava trees that they have already grown. Thai soldiers said directly with me that the area from a road along the front of my house they won't let anyone to grow anything, not to construct anything. The day before yesterday (3rd March), 18 of them (Thai soldiers) came to patrol behind my house, about 10 metres from my house", she said.
Villagers said 4 Cambodian families who had lands near the border were not allowed to farm or grow crops on their lands. In the past, Thai troops often came and tried to evict Khmer farmers from this village on several occasions.
A Cambodian soldier admitted that Thai soldiers did come to forbid Khmer villagers from farming or growing crops on their lands for about two months already. "They (the lands) are all located inside Khmer territory. According to the map, it shows that people are growing crops since the Khmer Rouge time (1975-1979), but now when the Cambodian villagers grow cassava or other crops they (the Thais) prohibited them from doing do. They did not destroy our cassava, they only told us to destroy those cassava, but we have not destroyed those cassava yet. But if we grow small crops like growing chili is alright, but they don't allow us to grow crops for many rai (approx. 1600 m2) or many hectares", he said.
Mr. Vath Paranin, director of Administration of Oddar Meanchey Province, said he rejected the Thai actions, saying while border committees from both sides did not carry out demarcation works yet, both sides of the borders can maintain the status quo. "I think that what areas our people have controlled and used to grow crops in the past, we allow them to grow crops in those areas as before. I want to say that we retain the status quo. When the border committees from both countries have demarcated the border then we will implement the orders at the national levels in accordance with the recommendations of the border committees (of both countries)", he said.
Mr. Vath Paranin said the Oddar Meanchey Provincial Authority will invite the governor of Banteay Ampil district to report about this issue so the provincial authority will in turn make a report to the national authority to resolve this issue for the villagers.
2 comments:
Why listening to Thai-Thief? Just keep on farming...Fuck them!!
Cambodia must send troops to the areas. Thai soldiers can't evict Khmer villagers. Any doubt must be settled through border commissions. If Thai troops got any problems, they should report it to their border committee and border committee will together with Cambodian committee come to survey and inspect the area. If it is in Thai territory, then those villagers must leave, but if it is in Khmer territory, then the Thai soldiers must not come there again.
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