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Saturday 4 August 2012

Sean Pengse: Koh Wai Islands always belong to Cambodia, not Vietnam លោក ស៊ាន ប៉េងសែ៖ កោះវ៉ៃ ជាកោះខ្មែរជានិច្ចជាកាល


Koh Wai is located in Cambodia
Koh Wai
Location of the Wai Group
Coordinates: 9°55′N 102°54′E
By Khemrization
In a speech during a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh on 1st of August, Prime Minister Hun Sen blasted Mr. Sean Pengse, chairman of the Paris-based Cambodian Border Committee, for failing to reclaim Koh Wai or Koh Poulo Wai Islands from Vietnam when he was Minister of Energy, Mineral and Industry during the Khmer Republican regime from 1970-1975.

Mr. Hun Sen said that Vietnam had annexed Koh Wai during the Long Nol regime from 1970-1975. However, in a statement in response to Mr. Hun Sen's accusation, Mr. Sean Pengse said that Koh Wai was ceded to Vietnam in the 1982 Treaty signed by Mr. Hun Sen and Vietnam's Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach on 7 July 1982.

Mr. Sean Pengse said that Koh Wai or Koh Poulo Wai was always under the control of Cambodia even during the Sangkum Reastr Niyum, Lon Nol regime and the Khmer Rouge regime. It was only ceded to Vietnam under the 1982 Treaty signed by Mr. Hun Sen.

He said during the Khmer Rouge regime, Vietnam controlled Koh Wai and the nearby Koh Tang briefly from 10th June 1975 to 12th August 1975, but the Khmer Rouge regime sent troops to reclaim the island. After a brief fighting, the Vietnamese troops retreated and evacuated the island. Please read the Mayaguez Incident and the fighting between American troops and Khmer Rouge troops on Koh Tang. Also read Sean Pengse's statement in Khmer and French here.


21 comments:

Anonymous said...

HUN SEN, HE WAS WRONG WHEN HE SAID THAT KOH PAULO WAI AND KOH TANG UNDER VIETNAMESE CONTROL DURING KHMER-REPUBLIC.WHY I SAID THAT BECAUSE I WAS THERE IN BOTH ISLAND IN 1973 AND APRIL 1973.I WAS A CAMBODIAN MARINE. LOVE KHMER

Anonymous said...

I knew a guy, now living in Australia, who was a Khmer Rouge soldier. He said in 1975, he and hundreds of Khmer Rouge soldiers were sent to attack Vietnamese forces on Koh Tang and Koh Wai islands. He said many Vietnamese soldiers were killed and Cambodian troops took back and controlled the islands. So, it is proof that the islands were in Khmer hands all along, except when Hun Sen sign to give them away to Vietnam in 1982.

Anonymous said...

I’m wondering, what was the perspective of young generation student thinking (the students of Hun sen era) while Hun sen was blasting Mr. Sean Pengse in order to keep Koh Poulo Wai for Vietnam?

Anonymous said...

I believe Sir Sang pangse. because he is older than Hun cent he've been a round longer than Hun Yuon Sen.He said he was minister of energy during sangkum Reastr yum and Lon Nol era.I believed Seng pangse telling the truth.

Anonymous said...

Prime Minister Hun Sen is a Liar when it comes to depute with Vietnam.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Seang Peng Se, we all trusted and believed and support your oppinion.
You should go back to Cambodia and have the right to protest officially again the decision of the today Cambodian Government. What you now did here in France, it will not affect the situation in our country, because your voice just kick off on the air in Khmer

Anonymous said...

Each time in Cambodia when talking against Vietnam, Mr. Hun sen become a pitbull, one of a kind the most aggressive dog in the world.

Anonymous said...

When it comes to border dipute with Vietnam, I do not side with Prime Minister Hun Sen. However,I think we have the same feeling as those Vietnamese people which express thier frustration and dismay toward China about SCS. At the same time, these Vietnamese don't understand our feeling and even support their government to take more land from Cambodia. Greed?

Anonymous said...

Cambodge will be cede to Dai Viet just matter of time.....HoChi Minh's dream is coming true..

Best Business Brands said...

May 25, 1874: Koh Tral (Phu Quoc) which belonged to Cambodia (under the reign ... Cambodia: Oil Research, Continental Shelf - Mr. Sean Pengse, April 1995).

Anonymous said...

There was another iland called koh tra lach, this island used to place all criminals there during King Cheyeatha reign...I believed it has been taken by vietnam too...

REALKHMER said...

Great, we[Khmer] barking at each other and accusing one-another, we are always very good at it. The Youn on the other hand don't have to say a word to anyone and they took every thing from us from one regime to another and they laughed all the way to the bank, AND WE[KHMER] KILLING EACH OTHER, THAT IS SO PATHETIC.

AND AS A LEADER OF A COUNTRY, YOU NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE AND CONFIRM ANY OF YOUR SOVEREIGNTY RIGHT BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND NOT YOURS, AND BLAME YOUR FELLOW CITIZEN PUBLICLY. THAT IS JUST WRONG AS ANY CITIZEN AND ESPECIALLY AS A LEADER OF A COUNTRY.

LOOK AT THE YOUN, BOTH THEIR GOVERNMENT AND CITIZEN, THEIR ENTIRE COUNTRY UNITED TOGETHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CHINESE'S OCCUPATION OF ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

WHY ARE'NT WE DOING THAT?, WE[KHMER] CONTINUED TO BE STUPID, FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER.
THAT IS ABSURD. THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK.

Anonymous said...

Because Khmers stupid dumbass

Anonymous said...

All khmer know the island belong to cambodia, except, a group of ah hun kwack.

Anonymous said...

This idiot using this space to advertise his shit in here,pretty clever huh? I wasted my time going there for nothing.

Anonymous said...

Right! your families also.....That is your words not mine...

Anonymous said...

Don't worry be happy! I love vietnamese girls they look prettier than cambodian girls...smart and sexy hot you name them! em dep lam! soung qua!

Anonymous said...

Stinks like a death fishes in dried up pond on the summer day,I hate Yuon gal& guy.I dated one she was selfcenter only think of herself.Greedy as well,looking back I was glad that I don't have kid with that Yuon Whore.I learned my lesson never again date Yuon gal....

Anonymous said...

I agree with you 100%. We MUST find a ways to united and this time have a true patriotic leaders who don't sell out to our hungry thief neighbors. I think it is very difficult to fund these kind of leaders in Cambodia. Our past and currents leaders always made deals with either Viets or Siam, every time we asked them for helps to overthrow any Cambodian sitting PM we always end up losing a chunk of Cambodia territories.

Our neighbors created Khmer Rough and then they helped get rid of KR. Magic they get our islands and all the sea areas came with those islands. They also moved many border posts deep inside Cambodia while we too busy killing each others. Cambodian are stupidity and I hope we still have some new generations that don't make mistakes like their parents and grandparents.

Anonymous said...

Blame on a hun kwack people. Sell khmer lands to ah youn.

Anonymous said...

Thoi em hay ve di!