THAILANDIA - Le ‘camicie yellow 'Thai have vowed to intensify protests if the government does not react Bangkok sentenced to eight years' imprisonment imposed by a Cambodian court to two leaders of the movement arrested in a disputed border zone between the two countries. "The government has three days to respond to our requests, including the return of two convicts," said the spokesman of the movement, Parnthep Pourpongpan. one week, hundreds of yellow shirts are camped around the government buildings, accused of being too soft in its territorial dispute with Phnom Penh , and prepare a big demonstration for Saturday. Last week, the movement had led to over 30 thousand street, with a promise to show to the bitter end if their demands were not met by the prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva once their ally.
Tuesday nationalist activist, Veera Somkwamkid and his secretary, Ratree Pipattanapaib were convicted of illegal entry into Cambodia . Together with five other companions, including a parliamentarian, were arrested in December during an inspection near the site on which stands the temple of Preah Vihear . Dating from the eleventh century AD, temple, dedicated to the god Shiva , is considered one of the masterpieces of Khmer. In 1962, a ruling by the International Court of Justice gave the place of worship to Cambodia. A choice never fully accepted by Bangkok that given the time one of the treasures of their cultural tradition and agitated the subject of sovereignty on the area to fuel nationalist sentiment. By decision of UNESCO in July 2008 to declare Preah Vihear World Heritage Site, the dispute between the two countries deepened, and came close several times in the last armed confrontation three years
Conservatives and loyal to the monarchy yellow, meeting the people in the Alliance for Democracy (PAD), were the leaders of the demonstrations that created the conditions for the coup against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in 2006 and now in exile to escape a corruption trial. In the fall two years ago the decision of the cambodian prime minister, Hun Sen, to name Thaksin's economic adviser led to a diplomatic crisis between Bangkok and Phnom Penh, returning when the former Thai prime minister resigned from office, ostensibly to personal reasons.
Source: NTNN.info
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