Overseas Cambodians would welcome government lawsuit against Thailand on Preah Vihear temple

17 March 2010

Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Overseas Cambodians would be very happy if the government would truly complain about Thailand to the UN regarding the 4.6-square-km area surrounding the Preah Vihear temple. Thailand claimed that this land area belongs to them. Ear Channa, Secretary-general of the Norway-based Cambodian Watchdog Council, told RFA: “If the Cambodian PM truly takes this case to complain to the UN, we all would be very happy and we will all welcome this action because this is what we want from the start. We kept on suggesting to the Cambodian government to peacefully end this case with the UN or The Hague International Court of Justice because if we insist on holding bilateral negotiations, we don’t know when it will end and it could lead to more unending bloody fights. This is what we call peaceful resolution and we end it without a drop of blood at the UN.”