Scores of ethnic Khmer Krom hold fresh rally against Vietnamese diplomat

11 August 2014
Xinhuanet News
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Human rights / International relations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Social development
Embassy of Vietnam / Freedom Park / Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association / Khmer Krom / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Thach Sitha / Trung Van Thong / UN / United Nations

About 500 ethnic minority Khmer Krom monks and activists on Monday staged a fresh protest here to demand a Vietnamese diplomat to recognize the “true history” of the former Kampuchea Krom provinces.

It was the third rally in the last two months after Trung Van Thong, a spokesman for the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, reportedly said in June that the former Kampuchea Krom provinces belonged to Vietnam long before France’s official transfer of the land in 1949. …

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