Request for King-Father to raise the Kampuchea Krom problem

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Son Soubert (L), son of the late Son Sann, the founder of KPNLF (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

21 June 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Khmer People’s National Liberation Front (KPNLF), the former resistance movement against communism which signed the 1991 Peace Agreements on Cambodia, issued a statement on Sunday, calling on King-Father Norodom Sihanouk to raise the longstanding Khmer historical problems – Kampuchea Krom and Koh Tral Island – with Vietnam during the latter’s visit to Hanoi between 22 and 25 June. Son Soubert, KPNLF vice-president, wrote in a statement that “this is a special historical opportunity to end the longstanding suspicions between the two neighboring countries.” He declared that Cambodia never agreed with Colonial France which transferred the Kampuchea Krom territories to Vietnam. Nevertheless, CPP MP Cheam Yeap said that the CPP does not object to the KPNLF’s statement because it is the latter’s freedom of expression rights. Cheam Yeap said: “We are working hard on the planting of border posts with neighboring countries based on maps deposed at the UN. As for other problems raised by the opposition, they cannot be considered as useful.”