CNRP Lawmaker Attempts to Revive Map Spat

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Khmer Times/Chea Takihiro and Srey Kumneth

After combing through the United Nations’ archives in New York, firebrand Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker Um Sam An challenged the UN’s claim that they do not have a copy of Cambodia’s official border maps.

In a Facebook post, Mr. Sam An shows himself holding a copy of a map that he says is the one recognized in the Cambodian constitution.

Following relentless pressure from the CNRP, and accusations that the government had knowingly conceded land to Vietnam, Prime Minister Hun Sen requested a copy of the maps – which were drawn up by France’s Indochina Geographic Service – from the UN in July. In response, the UN sent 18 maps from 1964, recognizing they were not the same that the prime minister had asked for. Now, Mr. Sam An is challenging the UN’s claim that they did not have the official border map.

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