Khmer Voice

By SOPHENG CHEANG, Associated Press Writer Tue Jul 22, 2:06 PM ET

Tue Jul 22, 12:44 AM ET

A Cambodian soldier relaxes near a rocket launcher outside a Buddhist pagoda where Thai soldiers have occupied, near Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Cambodia has requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to break a military stalemate with neighboring Thailand over disputed frontier territory around a historic temple.

(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - Cambodia asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to intervene in its dispute with Thailand over land near an ancient temple, saying the standoff had created “an imminent state of war.”

But a clash seemed a remote possibility near the hilltop Preah Vihear temple, where more than 4,000 troops from both countries were camped out. The soldiers — some without their weapons — shared cigarettes, ate and chatted together in a disputed area a few hundred yards from the site.

By AP/SOPHENG CHEANG

Friday, Jul. 18, 2008

Quote of the day

I am not afraid to make war with the Thais. Even if death is one step ahead, I won’t leave here.

• Cambodian SEOUNG PISITH
• 27, explaining why he refuses to evacuate his village on the border with Thailand even though a longstanding land dispute between the two countries could turn violent

(PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia) — Cambodia and Thailand escalated their troop buildup Thursday at disputed territory near a historic border temple despite moves to hold talks next week to defuse the flare-up in tensions, a Cambodian general said.

Cambodian Brig Gen. Chea Keo said the Thais now have more than 400 troops near the Preah Vihear temple, up from about 200 the day before, and Cambodia has about 800 troops there, up from 380 the day before.

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by lylin satthreylylin@yahoo.com

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HANOI: Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on communist Vietnam Thursday to lift any restrictions on the liberty of an activist Buddhist monk who disappeared on the day he was released from prison last week.

Tim Sakhorn, an activist for the Khmer Krom ethnic Cambodian minority of southern Vietnam, was freed Saturday, but his whereabouts were unknown since he was last seen together with government officials, the rights group said.

“While his release from prison is welcome, as a peaceful activist and human rights defender, Tim Sakhorn should never have been imprisoned in the first place,” said Brad Adams, Asia director of the New York-based group.

The rights group said it feared Sakhorn may be under house arrest and police surveillance, like other imprisoned dissident monks in Vietnam.

Vietnam-born Sakhorn, 40, had lived in Cambodia since 1978, when his family fled border fighting between Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese forces, and became a Cambodian citizen and a Buddhist monk.

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