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Thailand-Cambodia dispute: Key  points

A diplomatic row has broken out between Thailand and Cambodia over former  
Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's new job as an adviser to the
government  in Phnom Penh.  
This dispute is only the latest of a series of spats between the two  
countries. The BBC looks at the main issues dividing them.  
THAKSIN'S NEW ROLE  
Cambodia has angered the Thai government by refusing to extradite Thaksin  
Shinawatra, who is in Cambodia after accepting a role as an economic adviser
to  the government there.  
Cambodia said it rejected the extradition request because it viewed the  
charges against Mr Thaksin as being politically motivated.  
Mr Thaksin was Thailand's prime minister for more than five years, but was  
ousted in a military coup in September 2006, accused of corruption and
abuse of  power.  
He has been sentenced to two years in jail in absentia by a Thai court over
a  conflict of interest case.  

Thailand has withdrawn its ambassador from Phnom Penh in protest at  
Cambodia's protection of Mr Thaksin.  
The timing of the spat is particularly embarrassing for Thailand, as it
comes  just before Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is to chair a meeting
between  regional leaders and US President Barack Obama, on the sidelines of
the  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Singapore.  
Some analysts say the Cambodian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen - a  
close friend of Mr Thaksin and his golf partner - would prefer to have Mr  
Thaksin back in power in Thailand and is trying to undermine the current Thai  
administration.  
PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE  
The Preah Vihear temple has been at the centre of a border dispute between  
Thailand and Cambodia for more than a century.  
The temple was built mainly in the 11th and 12th centuries, when the Khmer  
empire was at its height. Its construction was ordered by the kings who  
commissioned Cambodia's most famous temple at Angkor.  
Maps drawn by Cambodia's French colonial rulers and Thailand (or Siam as it
 was then known) showed the temple as belonging to Cambodia, but in later
decades  Thailand said the maps were not official and were therefore invalid.

In 1962 the International Court of Justice granted the temple to Cambodia,  
but Thailand claimed much of the surrounding land, leaving Cambodia's only  
access to the temple up a steep hillside.  

But the territorial row with Thailand lingered on, and in 2001 Thai troops  
blocked access for more than a year in a dispute about polluted water at
the  site.  
Tensions increased in July 2008, after Cambodia's successful bid to have
the  temple listed as a World Heritage site.  
In April this year, troops from both sides exchanged fire across the
disputed  border. Thai authorities said at least two Thai soldiers died and seven
were  wounded.  
MARITIME OIL AND GAS  
After Cambodia appointed Mr Thaksin as an economic adviser last week, the  
Thai cabinet decided to cancel a memorandum of understanding on joint oil
and  gas exploration in the Gulf of Thailand.

Both countries claim overlapping areas in the gulf, which are believed to
be  rich in gas and oil.  
Thailand issued petroleum concessions in the area in the 1970s, although no
 work was carried out because of the disputed claims. Cambodia in turn
awarded  exploration deals in 1997 subject to the settling of the dispute.  
Cambodia claims Thailand cannot now unilaterally revoke the memorandum of  
understanding, saying it is against international law.  
OTHER ISSUES  
Simmering resentment between Cambodia and Thailand goes back centuries - to
 well before the modern countries existed - when rival Siamese and Khmer
kingdoms  fought each other for territory and power.  
European colonial expansion forced a sometimes arbitrary definition of  
borders, which in some areas continue to be disputed.  
While bilateral trade has flourished with massive Thai investment in  
Cambodia, the relationship has remained uneasy.  
Cambodian disenchantment with Thailand flared into violence in 2003 when a  
Thai actress - popular both at home and in Cambodia - allegedly said that
the  900-year-old temple complex at Angkor belonged to Thailand and should be
 returned.  
Suvanant Kongying denied making the remarks, but the Thai embassy in Phnom  
Penh was badly damaged by rioters.  
One person was killed and several injured in the riots and many Thai  
businesses were also destroyed.  
Cambodians see Angkor Wat as a vital part of their identity but over the  
centuries there have been times when the temple complex has been occupied by  
Thai forces.
Story from BBC  NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8354489.stm

Published:  2009/11/11 17:23:34 GMT

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Here is what I think.
Cambodians should join hands with Thai people as one nation called THE
KINGDOM OF THAILAND.
Cambodians have been suffered enough from their own people in their
own country.
It is time for them to find ways so they can bring peace and
prosperity for their own future generation. Joining Thailand as one
nation is a great idea.

Your thoughts are thoughts of self destruct when you want to eliminate
Cambodia. I hope my respond to you will not amplify your emotional
thought of harming yourself.

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 Another Vietnamese Officer here seen as the one

 WHO RUNS THE POLICE AND INTERPOL IN CAMBODIA.

LIKE THIS MAN .

WHAT RIGHTS DO THESE VIETNAMESE INVADERS HAVE TO RUN CAMBODIA IN VIOLATION OF THE 10 UN RESOLUTION?

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FOR CAMBODIA
 Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses
Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions.

Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia.

10 UN RESOLUTIONS,(1979-1988) VOTED BY 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES ,CALL VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA & REMOVE ALL HER TROOPS FROM THE COUNTRY, ARE NOT RESPECTED AS OF TODAY.

President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York,September 26, 1988.
"Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...."

As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since 1988.
Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders.
Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once.

THE MOMENT , KING SIHAMONI STOPS COLLABORATING WITH THE CAMBODIAN ENEMIES(THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPIERS) ALL KHMER COULD FIND INSTANTLY PEACE & JUSTICE.

THE CULPRITS ARE  FMR KING SIHANOUK, QUEEN MONIQUE , KING SIHAMONI WHO CONTINUE TO INFLICT AN UNENDING SUFFERINGS  TO THE CAMBODIAN IN THIS WAY.

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On Nov 12, 4:27 am, starplatinum <silenfo...@gmail.com> wrote:

My friend,
You can agree and disagree. My writing is coming from me. You can take
it or loose it. Perhaps, you are trying to steer the subject to
something else, me in particular. That's fine. But I would like to
steer you back to the subject. Perhaps, you can give us your view on
it.
The Cambodian people have been suffered enough from the hansds of
their own people. They destroy their own country and killed their
people all the way to ground zero. No one had ever done before in the
world history. Do you think that those people still deserve to exist?
Read the writings including yours. What does it show you?
That's right. You would see QUERRELs among Cambodians of different
ideologies. You see before your eyes. Why do you think that Cambodians
are still good.
My view is very clear to end the suffering of human beings, Cambodians
in particular. So I suggest that Cambodians should joint Thailand as
one country called the Kingdom of Thailand so the people can have true
peace to themselves and prosperity as the Thai people have under the
leadership of Thai monarchy.

What a great though you have, peace and prosperity by eliminate
Cambodia and its people.

If you can bring peace and prosperity by eliminate yourself, you
should prove it first, and then people would believe you.

On Nov 13, 5:03 am, kangaroo <therabbitn...@netscape.net> wrote:

He might be fool enough to prove it to you.

On Nov 12, 4:28 pm, starplatinum <silenfo...@gmail.com> wrote:

He might be fool enough to prove it to you.

On Nov 12, 4:28 pm, starplatinum <silenfo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Actually, Cambodians won't destroy themselves.
They will revitalize themselves into a world of peace and prosperity
instead of self destruction as we've seen in the Cambodian history.