Thailand doe not want only the 5 square kilometers, its wants more, including the temple of Preah Vihear. The border issues between Cambodia and Thailand is as important as the border issues with Vietnam and Laos. We can't just tolerate one neighbor because he/she steals smaller land--Thailand and Vietnam are thieves. Cambodia needs to solve the border and territorial issues with all neighboring countries once and for all. And Cambodian politicians and officials need to stop politicize these issues as their partisan political ploys. ========= Sam Rainsy slams VN incursions Friday, 20 November 2009 15:03 Uong Ratana
PRIME Minister Hun Sen is currently playing a “dangerous game” with the Cambodian nation by understating the threat posed by Vietnamese territorial encroachments, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said. In a self-styled “message to the Cambodian people” released on Thursday, the Sam Rainsy Party president said the government is playing up the threat posed by Thailand but ignoring problems on its eastern border. Sam Rainsy said the potential loss of 5 square kilometres of land in disputes with Thailand was dwarfed by the loss of “thousands” of square kilometres to Vietnamese incursions. “This is an ongoing painful process that Mr Hun Sen does not want us to look at,” he said. The message came just days after the National Assembly stripped Sam Rainsy of his parliamentary immunity over an October 25 incident in which he helped uproot six wooden posts marking the border with Vietnam in Svay Rieng province. Phay Siphan, spokesman of the Council of Ministers, dismissed the allegations, saying Sam Rainsy was speaking from emotion rather than fact. “To the east, we do not have any problems,” he said. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
