Issue No. 25th August-10th September, 2001
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Originally posted at http://www.ki-media.blogspot.com/
In response to the complaints of Phum Daung villagers, Ning Sin, a member of parliament, led a delegation to visit the village on the 10th of August 2001. When the delegation arrived in the village the Vietnamese border police entered the village to arrest the delegates and to confiscate their cameras and films.
Ning Sin told Indradevi Magazine that after receiving the complaints he decided to lead a delegation to inspect the rice paddies allegedly destroyed by the Vietnamese authorities and the nine houses of the Khmer families which Vietnamese authorities claimed to have been built on Vietnam's soil. When the delegation was still inspecting and photographing the one rice paddy that was allegedly destroyed by the Vietnamese authorities suddenly there arrived two Vietnamese policemen to detain the delegation and the scuffle broke out after the officers attempted to confiscate their cameras and films. After a few minutes of scuffle the officers asked the delegation to go the office at their check point to resolve the issue. When they escorted the delegation passed the Khmer border check point all the delegates ran inside the building which angered the two officers and they cursed and insulted the delegation with profanity and foul language.
Ning Sin said that the next day, the 11th of August 2001, Nhiek Bunchhay, the second Vice-President of the Senate led another delegation, which Ning Sin is a member, to visit Phum Daung again. Nhiek Bunchhay planned to visit the nine houses located on Khmer land, which was claimed by Vietnam as their land, but the Vietnamese authorities prevented them from visiting the occupants of the nine houses.
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