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PHNOM PENH, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- 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.
Protesters gathered at the Freedom Park, a protest-designated site, in Phnom Penh City before marching through streets in the city to deliver a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies of ASEAN countries in order to seek their help to press the Vietnamese diplomat to recognize the true history. "The purpose of our protest is still the same -- demanding an apology from the Vietnamese spokesman and urging him to accept the 'true history' of the former Kampuchea Krom provinces," Thach Sitha, president of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association, told reporters while leading the rally.
After handing their petition to the ministry and those embassies, the group continued marching to the Vietnamese Embassy, where security has been tightened.
There was no any report of violence during the protest.
According to the history, French protectorate officially turned over the former Kampuchea Krom, once Cambodian territory, to neighboring Vietnam on June 4, 1949.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on July 8 issued a statement to condemn the protest, considering the move an act of intervention into the sovereignty and internal affairs of Vietnam. "Southern Vietnam (Kampuchea Krom) is an integral part of the territory of Vietnam, in compliance with international law, fully recognized by the United Nations, international organizations and all countries in the world,"the statement said.
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.
Protesters gathered at the Freedom Park, a protest-designated site, in Phnom Penh City before marching through streets in the city to deliver a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies of ASEAN countries in order to seek their help to press the Vietnamese diplomat to recognize the true history. "The purpose of our protest is still the same -- demanding an apology from the Vietnamese spokesman and urging him to accept the 'true history' of the former Kampuchea Krom provinces," Thach Sitha, president of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association, told reporters while leading the rally.
After handing their petition to the ministry and those embassies, the group continued marching to the Vietnamese Embassy, where security has been tightened.
There was no any report of violence during the protest.
According to the history, French protectorate officially turned over the former Kampuchea Krom, once Cambodian territory, to neighboring Vietnam on June 4, 1949.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on July 8 issued a statement to condemn the protest, considering the move an act of intervention into the sovereignty and internal affairs of Vietnam. "Southern Vietnam (Kampuchea Krom) is an integral part of the territory of Vietnam, in compliance with international law, fully recognized by the United Nations, international organizations and all countries in the world,"the statement said.
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