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Map showing the territory of Kampuchea KromWednesday, 7 April 2010
By Khmerization
Source: RFA
Nine members of parliament from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) has sent a petition to King Sihamoni asking him to declare 4th June as a day of national mourning because it was a day that the French parliament voted to cede Kampuchea Krom territories (21 provinces of Cambodian territories in southern Vietnam) to the Vietnamese control in 1949, reports Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Yont Tharo, an SRP MP who is an ethnic Khmer Krom, said by telephone from Preah Vihear province that the SRP wants all Cambodians to remember this historical and painful day of the loss of Cambodia's vast territories to Vietnam. "I think that 4th June 1949 was a day that all Cambodians feel painful and sad because France have illegally ceded our territories to the Vietnamese", he said.
On 4th June 1949, the French parliament voted to cede 21 Cambodian provinces with total areas of 68,965 square kilometres to Vietnam's control. Today, according to some sources, there are 12 million ethnic Khmer Krom people living in Kampuchea Krom.
Mr. Tith Sothea, spokesman for the government's Press Quick Reaction Unit, said the 9 opposition MPs are doing this for political gains. "I wish to ask the opposition party not to use this date as a front for political gains", he said.
The Royal Palace cannot be reached for comments at the time of this report going to air.
Mr. Yont Tharo, an SRP MP who is an ethnic Khmer Krom, said by telephone from Preah Vihear province that the SRP wants all Cambodians to remember this historical and painful day of the loss of Cambodia's vast territories to Vietnam. "I think that 4th June 1949 was a day that all Cambodians feel painful and sad because France have illegally ceded our territories to the Vietnamese", he said.
On 4th June 1949, the French parliament voted to cede 21 Cambodian provinces with total areas of 68,965 square kilometres to Vietnam's control. Today, according to some sources, there are 12 million ethnic Khmer Krom people living in Kampuchea Krom.
Mr. Tith Sothea, spokesman for the government's Press Quick Reaction Unit, said the 9 opposition MPs are doing this for political gains. "I wish to ask the opposition party not to use this date as a front for political gains", he said.
The Royal Palace cannot be reached for comments at the time of this report going to air.
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