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"France’s Cochinchina colony, which included the former provinces of Kampuchea Krom, was officially ceded to Vietnam in 1949, but had been under Vietnamese control since the mid-17th century."
Yes Kampuchea Krom is part of that Cochinchina. Who was controlling Kampuchea Krom before the French came in? According to Khmer, they controlled Kampuchea Krom. But Vietnamese say they did before the French. Some say there were no borders, and that many factions were fighting to control the area until the French came in. Who is right, who is wrong? They need to dig up old documents to clear it all up.
Aug 14, 2014 12:32 PM
Khmer needs to asks themselves this very important question: if the people cannot even rely on the Hun Sen government for finding justice for themselves and the entire country, then what is the likely hood that a communist Vietnamese government will apologize for anything under its control? Khmer needs the support from their own government and the international community to shine light on this issue.
Aug 14, 2014 05:08 AM
Reply to this commentThe "Khmer Krom" are either too underdeveloped or too dense to look for their perdition.Let me, Pol Pot as the evilest of Asia, help you with some irresistible facts:
- After ther WWII Germany lost a big chunk of land to Russia, France and Poland. If Germany demands it back the WW-III might break out and the earth might be evaporated.
- Israel lost its nation 2000 years ago and came back after the WW-II, enlarged itself to this present State. The Palestinian run presently into perdition because they don't accept the brutal fact that the Stronger is always right.
Aug 14, 2014 04:17 AM
Reply to this commentMore rambling from this foreign pig, who knows nothing about everything....blah blah blah has no value whatsoever.
Aug 14, 2014 07:31 PM
If the populist Sam Rainsy instigates his gullible fellow Khmer to run into perdition for his personal gains like his father, his grandfather. He is worse than me, Pol Pot as the evilest Man of Asia. The Viet pigs are communists like Chinese pigs. Communist pigs never give back anything that they have hogged. Tibet, Xinjiang for China. South Vietnam for Vietnam (since 19 century.)
If the most underdeveloped Khmer could become "Asian Israeli" (LOL) they probably could take back and invade Hanoi. What a temptation...LOL
Aug 14, 2014 04:17 AM
Reply to this commentNewly I've engaged into a stupid discussion with an underdeveloped Khmer who believed that I was a Hun Sen's stooge. As long as I criticize Hun Sen I am his friend. When I started to see Sam Rainsy with objective, critical eyes I got verbal attack from those who claim to be DEMOCRATIC. If they don't tolerate my view, a view of an European, how can they tolerate the plain Khmer people when they came to power with their idol Sam Rainsy? Probably worse than Hun Sen.
Aug 14, 2014 09:36 AM
blah blah blah from a psychopath talking to himself. He belongs in a mental institution. Never ever trust someone who proudly calling himself Pol Pot, a mentally deranged person who pretended to be someone else...LOL
Aug 14, 2014 07:42 PM
This is a poorly written, or poorly translate article. There are many factual errors. The spoke person from the Vietnamese embassy claimed that Khmer Kampuchea Krom/South Cambodia was already under Vietnamese control in the mid 15th century. Now you says that it under control by the Vietnamese(Youn)in the mid 17th century. There were some of them the Vietnames/Youn living in Khmer territory but those provinces were clearly still under Khmer rule. This is same main issue that the protesters are demanding apology for, that the embassy was denying historical facts. There are many officially documents from different sources so the Vietnamese can't just create some made up history to suit their agenda.
Aug 14, 2014 05:33 AM
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