Written by DAP NEWS -- Friday, 11 September 2009
People Alliance’s Democratic (PAD) lawyer is to sue other Thais involved in a previous agreement to allow Cambodia to inscribe the Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site.
People Alliance’s Democratic (PAD) lawyer is to sue other Thais involved in a previous agreement to allow Cambodia to inscribe the Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site.
Speaking on ASTV on August 8, Virak Sumkhamkitt, Anti-Corruption People’s Movement Director and a PAD lawyer, claimed that Kasit Piromya, Thai Foreign Minister, should clarify why he has been “selling the nation” with the draft agreement passed National Assembly to approve and support Cambodia’s right to inscribe Preah Vihear as a World Heritage Site.
Their target is to file complaint those who involving selling the nation according to Article 119 citing that “Those who make the nation and sovereignty be ruled and controlled by any other nation or country will be killed or imprisoned of the rest of their life.”
Also, Thai constitutional Article 129 specifies that “Whomsoever supports wrong-doing will be charged as wrongdoers.” However, the date filing is not confirmed yet, but the PAD and other orators pointed that it will be done soon. The PAD´s warning came following the Thai Defense Minister and Foreign Minister claims on Thai TV 11 that “Thailand has not lost any territory which is controlled by the Government.”
One PAD member claimed that Kasit has changed his manner and is now demanded to divide land by guidelines.
Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on Thursday could not be reached for comment.
Koy Koung on Monday told DAP News Cambodia that Thai mistakes stem from the fact that Thailand uses its own map in the territorial dispute with Cambodia.
“The real solution is to solve by international map, it has not to be used by its own map,” said Koy Kuong, adding that “It is Thai mistake which uses its own map to solve with Cambodia.”
Cambodian high ranking officials on Friday last week rejected claims from the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) in Thailand that Thailand lost 4.6 square-kilometers to Cambodia. The Cambodian officials stressed that such a stance is not the official line of the Thai Government.
“This claim is not Bangkok’s government’s stance and [they are] willing to solve with the Cambodian Government,” Koy Kuong told DAP News Cambodia.
“This protest is from only Thai nationalism group to claim Cambodia invaded Thailand,” Koy Kuong confirmed. “If the two governments have not solved the problems yet, they cannot claim it is the sovereignty belonging to Thailand.” Va Kimhong, president of the Cambodian Border Committee could not be reached for comment on Friday.
“Thailand should not say that they lost around 4.6 square kilometers of their land in accordance with an international ruling of June 15, 2009,” he has previously told DAP News Cambodia.
“Thailand cannot say as the area and the surroundings of the area do not belong to Cambodia. When they said they lost land, it is not based in reality or evidence.”
Preah Vihear temple has indeed suffered damage recently—from Thai bullets and shrapnel fired during two skirmishes with Cambodia that resulting in several deaths and many injuries. The previous Thai Government supported Cambodia’s effort to inscribe Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site, in addition to the wealth of internationally recognized documents and maps that clearly show that the land belongs to Cambodia.
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