1/02/2011
Bangkok Post
The Thai government has renewed its demand for Phnom Penh to remove a Cambodian national flag flying over a temple on disputed land near the border, and is also now pressing for the temple itself to be dismantled.
The demand was included in a statement issued Monday by the Foreign Affairs Ministry amid reports of troop build-ups by both countries along the border.
“Thailand maintains that the ‘Keo Sikha Kiri Svara’ pagoda is situated on Thai territory, and demands that Cambodia remove both the pagoda and the Cambodian flag flying over the pagoda,” the ministry said in its statement.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday came out to assert Thailand’s sovereignty over the 4.6 square kilometres of land on which the ancient Hindu temple of Preah Vihear is situated.
The statement prompted a fierce response from Phnom Penh, which labelled the demand as “insulting and unacceptable”.
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