Phnom Penh: Senior Minister Keo Remy, Chairman of the Cambodian Human Rights Commission, has bluntly told Thai Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Cherdchai Chaivaivid that he is really shameless.
Senior Minister Keo Remy’s remarks came after the Thai Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) told the United Nations on September 28 during the general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly that Cambodian people continue to live in areas formerly occupied by Thailand since the 1970s and have not returned to their homeland. Thailand considered the continued presence of those Cambodians as an invasion of Thai territory.
This case was strongly reacted by Mr. Keo Remy, who said that the Thai ambassador himself was really shameless, slandering the thief as the owner, and the owner as the thief.
Regarding these exaggerated accusations, the Chairman of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee clearly explained that according to the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on March 26, 1999, there were no more refugees in the Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand. The last group of 705 people left Thailand and returned to Cambodia on March 24, 1999. In total, approximately 50,000 refugees returned to Cambodia. Of these, 35,000 have received assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
He said most of the refugees have returned to the Anlong Veng region and Battambang province in the northwestern part of the country. However, some refugees have requested UNHCR assistance to return to the eastern part of the country, where their families left 20 years ago. With UNHCR assistance, 2,500 refugees have returned to Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri provinces.
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