The commemoration service in Phnom Penh.
Source: Deum Ampil newspaper
Reported in English by Khmerization
Khmer Krom communities residing in Cambodia have commemorated the 60th anniversary of the loss of Kampuchea Krom territory to Vietnam on the 4th of June 60 years ago, reports Deum Ampil.
1,949 Buddhist monks and thousands of Khmer Krom people living in Cambodia have joined the commemoration service at Wat Botum Pagoda in Phnom Penh.
There were representatives from the royal palace, the opposition parties and from the Funcinpec Party, but the government didn't send any representatives to join the commemoration service.
The commemoration service in Phnom Penh.
Princess Norodom Arunrasmy was sent by the Royal Palace as the representative of King Sihamoni. 12 MPs from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party and 2 MPs from the Funcinpec Party had participated in the service.
On top of sending Princess Arunrasmy and Palace Minister Kong Sam Ol to join the commemoration service, ex-King Sihanouk had donated US$2000 and King Sihamoni had also donated US$1000 to the organisers of the Commemoration Service Committee.
Thu Jun 4, 2009
A Cambodian man holds a burned incense sticks in front of a painting poster of Son Kuy, a hero of Kampuchea Krom , a large part of southern Vietnam, at a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Hundreds of Buddhist monks and other people mark the 60th anniversary to commemorate the Kampuchea Krom territory handed over to Vietnam by the French government on June 4, 1949.
(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Thu Jun 4, 2009
Cambodian Buddhist monks read local newspapers at a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Hundreds of Buddhist monks and other people mark the 60th anniversary to commemorate the Kampuchea Krom territory, a large part of southern Vietnam, handed over to Vietnam by the French government on June 4, 1949.
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