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29-year-old Khmer Krom Buddhist monk Thach Veasna flew from Bangkok to Prey Nokor (known as Ho Chi Minh City under Viet occupation), but the Viet cops at the airport arrested him on 01 April and they forced him to board another plane to return to Bangkok.
Khmer Krom Buddhist monk Thach Veasna said over the phone from Prey Nokor that, after he came to be ordained and study in Phnom Penh, he left to continue his study in Bangkok, Thailand, where he spent three years. On 01 April, he left Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, to visit his native village in Chrey Ta Sor village, Deum Chrey commune, Moatr Samotr district, Preah Trapaing province [known as Tra Vinh under Viet occupation], in South Vietnam. He said that he holds a Cambodian passport for his travel.
Monk Thach Veasna said that he refused to board a plane to return to Thailand because he did nothing wrong: “Now, they refuse my entry to my birth place. I left Bangkok at 9AM on 01 April. I left Bangkok to Prey Nokor to visit my birth place in Preah Trapaing province. I went to study in Bangkok for three years already, I am now returning to visit my birthplace. When I arrived at the [Prey Nokor] airport, the airport police arrested me, they refused my entry. They told me to return back to Bangkok. I refused to go back, I am staying to protest…”
Monk Thach Veasna added: “The reason they told me is that because of safety problem, they cannot allow me to stay in their country, that’s what they said. Then, I told them that this is my birth country also, so I had to go study [abroad], and now I am returning back to my pagoda to visit my teachers, my relatives, family etc… They told me that they cannot accept me, and that I must return back to where I came from, i.e. Bangkok.”
Monk Thach Veasna said that he asked the Viet authority to meet with Cambodian embassy officials, but the Viets did not allow him to meet them.
Up to now, the Viet authority did not provide any explanation into this case yet.
Khmer Krom Buddhist monk Thach Veasna said over the phone from Prey Nokor that, after he came to be ordained and study in Phnom Penh, he left to continue his study in Bangkok, Thailand, where he spent three years. On 01 April, he left Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, to visit his native village in Chrey Ta Sor village, Deum Chrey commune, Moatr Samotr district, Preah Trapaing province [known as Tra Vinh under Viet occupation], in South Vietnam. He said that he holds a Cambodian passport for his travel.
Monk Thach Veasna said that he refused to board a plane to return to Thailand because he did nothing wrong: “Now, they refuse my entry to my birth place. I left Bangkok at 9AM on 01 April. I left Bangkok to Prey Nokor to visit my birth place in Preah Trapaing province. I went to study in Bangkok for three years already, I am now returning to visit my birthplace. When I arrived at the [Prey Nokor] airport, the airport police arrested me, they refused my entry. They told me to return back to Bangkok. I refused to go back, I am staying to protest…”
Monk Thach Veasna added: “The reason they told me is that because of safety problem, they cannot allow me to stay in their country, that’s what they said. Then, I told them that this is my birth country also, so I had to go study [abroad], and now I am returning back to my pagoda to visit my teachers, my relatives, family etc… They told me that they cannot accept me, and that I must return back to where I came from, i.e. Bangkok.”
Monk Thach Veasna said that he asked the Viet authority to meet with Cambodian embassy officials, but the Viets did not allow him to meet them.
Up to now, the Viet authority did not provide any explanation into this case yet.
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