Khmer Krom monks and supporters protest against the Vietnamese government and appeal to the international community during a demonstration at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh last year. Pha Lina
A Khmer Krom association threatened this week to protest against the Vietnamese government after an official said that the former Kampuchea Krom provinces belonged to Vietnam long before France’s official transfer of the land in 1949.
The threats from the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association for Human Rights and Development (KKKAHRD) followed remarks by Trung Van Thong, a spokesman for the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh, during an interview with Radio Free Asia earlier this week.
“France did not cut a territory of Khmer Kampuchea Krom and give it to Vietnam, but Kampuchea Krom had been a Vietnamese territory for a very long time, and the news of [Cambodia] losing the territory has no basis [or] evidence,” he said.
Following the interview, the KKKAHRD released a statement on Wednesday calling for Van Thong or the Vietnamese government to apologise or face demonstrations.
“If there is no basic document or … evidence to confirm [his claims], Trung Van Thong or the Vietnamese government has to apologise to Cambodians publicly, or else the Kampuchea Krom Association will lead a huge, non-violent demonstration against [the Vietnamese government] until [it] acquiesces to recognize the real history of the Kampuchea Krom territory,” the statement says.
Speaking to the Post yesterday, Van Thong said he has no plans to back down.
“[The complaints] raised by the organisation were malign. [The KKKAHRD] has no evidence to confirm that France cut the territory … to give it to Vietnam,” he said.
Van Thong added that he had nothing to apologise for and would take “no notice” of the organisation’s threats.
Last week, ongoing tensions over the land were highlighted at a ceremony to mark 65 years since the official transfer.
At the event, deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha said that Vietnam might have orchestrated the Koh Pich bridge stampede that killed more than 350 people in 2010 as part of a plot to “eliminate the Khmer race, tradition and culture”.
12 comments:
We want our land back!
LET'S MAKE IT BIG AND SHOW THE WORLD THE TRUTH ABOUT THE THIEF FROM VIETNAM.
I BELIEVE THAT WE KHMER ARE NOW STANDING UP TO DEFENSE OUR NATION.
THE VIETNAMES GOVERNMENT MUST APOLOGIZE TO CAMBODIA AND THE WORLD FOR THEIR STUPID ACT.
don't hold your breath... it will be like wishing for rain in the middle of the sahara desert... best way to combat the viets is to continue to teach your children khmer language and culture...
Sure 6:34am,
Khmer Krom have been doing just that for 65 years already, and what did we get? Please answer.
What I think about KK that couldn't free itself from the Viet.,is because we used and continue using our passive deeds toward our enemy.
This should be a lesson for every Khmer.
The retarded Embassy Viet dog in Phnom Penh is probably a preschooler who knows nothing of the history of the Kampuchea Krom. Has he ever read up on the Geneva Conference Accord on IndoChina? Technically, all the Viets in Kampuchea Krom are still the settlers of the Khmer territory. Just because the retarded Viets are superior militarily to the Khmer, it does not mean that they can take over the Khmer territory. Just kick the damned guy out of Cambodia already. Viets are known all over the world to be retarded in history anyway. However, they are good at killing dogs to eat as food. What barbaric people these Viets are!
[ Khmer Krom have been doing just that for 65 years already, and what did we get? Please answer.]
the mexicans have been continuously invading the US and slowly the spanish language is spoken everywhere , the american businesses now are advertising in spanish, gov office now offer everything in spanish...and it is projected that spanish people [ mexican ] who used to be the minority in this country will become the majority in the near future....even the politicians are now pandering to the spanish people in order to get their votes although most are here illegals [ voters' fraud , just like the youns are doing in cambodia ]
khmer krom on the other hand is losing the battle by learning to speak viets language and slowly assimilated themselves in the viets culture... the mexican refuse to do those things but instead force the american to learn their language and even celebrate one of their holiday [ cinqo de mayo -- the 5th of may supposedly day of mexican independence from french ]
by the way in the US a person does NOT need to show proof of citizen or in some states Identification card to vote ...the democrats are dead set against having such law [ the republican want one ] because the mexicans tend to vote for democrats because democrat politicians are usually more receptive to the illegals and help them get free housing , food [ food stamp program ] and free health care and guess who for them the american taxpayers... while some americans are themselves '' broke '' from no jobs , taken by the mexicans ...
Those animals races doesn't have anything even culture language they'r stolen from chinese and French the only way we can Herndon back we must change those stupid motherfuckers cop first otherwise we won't have anything just kills all those motherfuckers traitors cpp first that allows all the enemies do whatever they wants
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Just take a look at Hun Sen third thugs hand in black with stick. They are all either street thugs or prisoner been drug to be aggressive toward their Khmer brothers and sisters. Now, look at Cambodian police whom they couldn't force to take drugs. The police or MP are less aggressive toward Khmer. You can see many Phnom Penh police just stand around and not raise their hands to hit Khmer. I think Hun Sen drugs those Khmer in black with helmet.
These Cambodian police and those thugs served their master in Hanoi. They are like dogs obedience to their owner. Sad, phatetic, shame on Hun Sen. These CPP are real Khmer traitors that Lon Nol army and Khmer Rough troops were looking for. It's a shame Lon Nol army or Khmer Rough troops couldn't find these CPP traitor earlier. The Viet Congs had protected their pets very well. One day when we real nationalist took back powers we must arrest these CPP leaderships and hang these guys for committed treason against the nation according to laws.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Just take a look at Hun Sen third thugs hand in black with stick. They are all either street thugs or prisoner been drug to be aggressive toward their Khmer brothers and sisters. Now, look at Cambodian police whom they couldn't force to take drugs. The police or MP are less aggressive toward Khmer. You can see many Phnom Penh police just stand around and not raise their hands to hit Khmer. I think Hun Sen drugs those Khmer in black with helmet.
These Cambodian police and those thugs served their master in Hanoi. They are like dogs obedience to their owner. Sad, phatetic, shame on Hun Sen. These CPP are real Khmer traitors that Lon Nol army and Khmer Rough troops were looking for. It's a shame we Lon Nol or Khmer Rough troops couldn't find them earlier. The Viet Congs had protected their pets very well. One day when we real nationalist took back powers we must arrest these CPP leaderships and hang these guys for committed treason against the nation according to laws.
I appeal all Khmers came from every corners to joint the protest the show the world that Kampuchea Krom belongs to Cambodia, and all khmers came from any party any country must help to join the protest to demand Vietnam must return Cambodian land back to Cambodia now,,,, if Vietnam does not want to return Cambodian land to Cambodia, we must ask China to take more Vietnamese land and sea
I strongly agreed, and we must ask China to isolate the Vietnamese economy and military strengths. Therefore, China can destroy all of important places and the major cities if necessary.
Hanoi has been attempting to annex and dominate the Cambodia and Lao.
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