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| A yellow-shirt protester, led by Chamlong Srimuang of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) (not pictured), holds a placard during a rally outsideBangkok’s UNESCO building to demand the delisting of the Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site June 22, 2011. Fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops over the 12th century temple has turned into Southeast Asia’s bloodiest border dispute in years. The temple was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 2008, a decision fiercely opposed by Thailand on the grounds that the land around Preah Vihear was never demarcated. The protest was held to coincide with the World Heritage Committee meeting in France. The placard reads: “UNESCO stop serving tyrant (Cambodia’s Prime Minister) Hun Sen. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang |
22/06/2011
Bangkok Post
About 1,000 supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Wednesday morning rallied in front of the Bangkok office of Unesco on Sukhumvit road.
They demanded the United Nations’ cultural organisation withdraw the World Heritage status of the Phrea Vihear temple and postpone the World Heritage Committee’s deliberation of the management plan proposed by Cambodia.
Maj-Gen Chamlong Srimuang, representing the PAD and Kingdom of Thailand Defence Committee, submitted a letter containing the demand addressed to the Unesco head office in Paris through its Bangkok office.
The rally caused heavy traffic congestion on Sukhumvit road.
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