Cambodian PM orders troops along border with Thailand to stay calm

9 May 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / International relations / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary
Hun Sen / ICJ / International Court of Justice / Preah Vihear Temple / Thailand / UNESCO / World Heritage list

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday advised armed forces and local authorities along border with Thailand to keep calm. … Cambodia and Thailand has had a bitter border dispute since July 2008 when the UNESCO added the Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple to its World Heritage List, but Thailand claimed the ownership of 4.6 square km of scrub next to the temple. … However, tensions have calmed since July 2011 when then Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office. Some suspects Yingluck’s stepping down may re-ignite the border tension. The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in November last year that Cambodia has sovereignty over the whole territory of the promontory of Preah Vihear temple.

 Xinhuanet News Staff
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