Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Le Hai Binh is seen in this file photo.
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Vietnam demands Cambodia punish extremists for burning Vietnamese flag
Tuoi Tre News | 14 August 2014
Vietnam strongly protests against an illegal demonstration
staged by Khmer Kampuchea Krom extremists who burned Vietnamese flags in
Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday, the Vietnamese Ministry of
Foreign Affairs has said.
Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said in a press release issued on
Wednesday that these actions ran counter to the fine traditional
neighborliness [sic! unless military invasion and territorial conquests count as "friendly" in Commie diction] between Vietnam and Cambodia and deliberately offended
the feelings of the Vietnamese people [oh, you poor aggressors].
“Vietnam demands that Cambodia strictly try these extremists in
accordance with the law and take effective measures to prevent similar
actions from repeating in the future,” Binh said.
On August 12, about 600 Khmer Kampuchea Krom protesters gathered at the
Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh to demand that Tran Van Thong, the
first counselor of the embassy, retract his comments released in July
this year regarding Vietnam’s legal sovereignty over its current
southwestern part, The Cambodia Daily reported on Wednesday.
The demonstration proceeded peacefully until about 2:30 pm, when a
Vietnamese flag was brought forward and Seung Hai, a monk who had been a
prominent figure at the protest that ended on Wednesday, took the lead,
the daily said.
As the flag was lit for a brief moment, two protesters – a monk and a
layman – stepped forward and urged the protesters to remain true to
their pledge of nonviolence, but Seung Hai continued to agitate,
according to the newspaper.
Vietnamese media reported that the Cambodian government did not license
the protest, adding that the southwestern part is now acknowledged as
Vietnam’s legitimate territory by the entire international community.
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