STATEMENT: The spokesperson of the Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PRU) of the Office of the Council of Ministers (OCM) of the Royal Government of Cambodia

The spokesperson of the Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PRU) of the Office of the Council of Ministers (OCM) of the Royal Government of Cambodia is dismayed at the statement of Thai Foreign Ministry Spokesman Thani Thongpakdee saying that “the ministry had ascertained that Mr. Panich and his group unknowingly trespassed into Cambodian territory while investigating Thai villagers’ complaints about land ownership,” as written under Kom Chad Luek Editorial, published 6 January 2011 in Bangkok Post Newspaper section.

Whether or not Kom Chad Luek Editorial fabricated the news or distorted what Mr. Thani Thongpakdee had said, it is the obligation of Mr. Thani Thongpakdee to set the record straight.

Otherwise, and in the absence of any protest by Mr. Thani Thongpakdee to the contrary, the Spokesperson of the PRU demands that Mr. Thani Thongpakdee retracts this inflammatory statement aimed at rallying the Thai public opinion to blame Cambodians for having arrested 7 Thai trespassers, sewing mistrust between Thais and Cambodians living along the international boundary line, and fanning the flames of Thai hatred towards Cambodian, and possibly trying to influence the outcome of the trial and reaping personal political gains.

The fact of the matters was that Mr. Panich Vikitsreth and his group trespassed into Cambodian territory. This is illegal and must be prosecuted to the full extend of the law for the following reasons:

Mr. Panich and his group are not illiterate people who do not know this universal law; they are not just peasants who strayed from time to time into the territory of the other country, because there is no barbed-wire along the international border between Cambodia and Thailand.

They came to the border area; they passed Thai border police check-point (maybe because they are VIP’s from Bangkok or maybe they represented the power from Bangkok that is far superior than the rules and the duties of Thai border police check- point patrol); and they trespassed into Cambodian territory.

Mr. Panich was talking on a mobile phone, saying he is ‘‘inside Cambodia,’’ before he was arrested with his group, and therefore when Mr. Thani Thongpakdee said “Mr. Panich and his group unknowingly trespassed into Cambodian territory,” this is too big a lie, a cheap manipulation of the fact, and an attempt to cover up the truth.

They trespassed with intentions, one of which could have been what Mr. Panich had told Prime Minister Abhisit Vijjajeva. What are the others? They could be ill-intentions for the following reasons:

Mr. Panich told Mr. Abhisit that he would go to Prachin Buri; instead he went to Sa Kaev.

He told Mr. Abhisit that he would go with Mr Samdin [Lertbutr, a PAD activist]. Instead

he went with Mr Veera Somkwamkid.

The spokesperson of the PRU wishes to remind Mr. Thani Thongpakdee that Foreign Minister Kasit Pyromya has told reporters that "The Foreign Ministry has an obligation to maintain good relations, not to make trouble and spoil the relationship," and he added: "I beg all parties not to create any misunderstanding between the two countries."

The spokesperson of the PRU, under this circumstance, found to be not necessary to stress the importance of the relationship between the government and the people of Cambodia and Thailand. Foreign Minister Kasit Pyromya has said it all in two sentences. Now let the due process of law under the judicial system of Cambodia takes its own course.

Phnom Penh

January 2011

The Spokesperson of the Pres and Quick Reaction Unit

ប្រវត្តិរបស់មហាក្សត្រីអង្គមុី ឬអង្គមិញ ដែលយួនលើកបន្តប់ជាមហាក្សត្រីខ្មែរទី៩៧

ព្រះមហាក្សត្រីអង្គមីុ ឬ អង្គមេញ ទ្រង់ជាមហាក្សត្រីខ្មែរទី៩៧ នៃរាជាណាចក្រខ្មែរឧដុង្គ ទ្រង់គឺជាអ្នកមានអំណាចម្នាក់នៅក្នុងចំនោមស្ត្រីបីនាក់នៅសម័យនោះដែរ។ ព្រះនាងត្រូវបានវៀតណាមលើកឲ្យក្លាយជាព្រះមហាក្សត្រីខ្មែរ នៅក្នុងអំឡុងពេលដែលក្រុងកម្ពជាមានសង្រ្គាមជាមួយសៀម។ ព្រះនាង គឺជាសែលោហិតរាជវង្សនរោត្តម មិនតែប៉ុណ្ណោះទេទ្រង់មានឥសរយស្សជា សម្តេចសិល្បៈករប្រចាំក្រុងកម្ពុជានាសម័យនោះ ព្រះអង្គឡើងគ្រោងរាជចាប់ពីឆ្នាំ (១៨៣៥-១៨៤១) ព្រះអង្គសោយរាជ្យបានរយៈពេល៦ឆ្នាំ។ ព្រះអង្គឡើងសោយរាជ្យបន្តពីព្រះបាទឧទ័យរាជា (ព្រះ បាទឧទ័យរាជា ជាទទៅនៅសម័យនោះគេហៅព្រអង្គថាអង្គច័ន្ទ) ទ្រង់ឡើងសោយរាជ្យបន្តពីបិតារបស់ព្រះអង្គ គឺព្រះអង្គអេង។ នៅរាជសម័យបន្ទាប់ពីព្រះមហាក្សត្រីអង្គមុី គឺព្រះបាទហរិរះរាមាឥសារាធិបតី ដែលយើងស្គាល់គ្រប់គ្នាគឺ ព្រះបាទអង្គឌួង ព្រះអង្គប្រសូត្រនៅឆ្នាំ១៧៩៦ ហើយសោយទីវង្គត់ នៅខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ ១៨៦០ ក្នុងព្រះជន ៦៤ព្រះវវស្សា ព្រះអង្គគឺជាក្សត្រមួយអង្គដែលបានសង្រ្គោះកម្ពុជាពីកន្តាប់ដៃសៀមនឹងវៀតណាម។ ព្រះអង្គឡើងសោយរាជចាប់ពីឆ្នាំ ១៨៤៧ ដល់ ១៨៦០។ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រីអង្គមីុ សោយទិវង្គត់នៅ ក្នុងខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ១៨៧៤ ក្នុងព្រះជន្មាយុ ៥៩ ព្រះវវស្សា ក្ន...

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