Bahaya!!!! Richard Riot Bikin Ribut di Negara Orang!!!??

Inilah akibatnya apabila tidak mahu ambil tahu dengan mendalam?!!.  Kini mungkin ketegangan akan meletus daripada tafsiran Richard terhadap konflik Thai-Kemboja ini.  Mungkin maksud Ahli Parlimen Serian ini memang baik tetapi telah disalah tafsir oleh laman web asian correspondent.  Dahulu pun pernah seorang EXCO PBB pernah dispin oleh akhbar tempatan, malah ini mengakibatkan beliau hampir kehilangan kerusi semasa DUN, sekarang ini Timbalan Menteri Luar pula sudah dispin kenyataan beliau di bawah oleh media luar negara!!?  

Nasihat MP kepada golongan ahli politik supaya berhati-hati semasa memberikan kenyataan kepada pihak media.  Tidak kiralah media baru, media cetak, media pembangkang mahupun media massa.  Lihatlah sorotan yang sempat diambil dibawah sebagai iktibar tentang bahaya media baru di dalam dan luar negara!!???

Memetik asiancorrespondent Bangkok Pundit blog menyatakan

One of the problems regarding the conflict is that it has become as he said/she said debate with Cambodia blaming Thailand and Thailand blaming Cambodia. Both sides have their own version of the “truth”. Outsiders have mainly kept quiet, or at least publicly. The statement above by the Malaysian deputy foreign minister is fairly clear in its criticism of Thailand. In fact, it is rather surprising that there is such a statement! However, expect statements from the Thai side that Malaysia “understands” the Thai position and he was not criticizing Thailand. The Malaysian position is fairly simple. A deal was agreed upon by all sides a few months ago and now Thailand is not willing to agree to that.

Now, having said that the latest clashes occurred in Surin Province and not near Preah Vihear where the observers are meant to be located so there is a question whether the observers at Preah Vihear could prevent clashes in Surin so perhaps some should also be situated at other hot spots too….

Now, Malaysia is not blaming Thailand for starting the clashes, but they do appear to be holding Thailand responsible for what has transpired with the recent clash.

btw, will PAD march in front of the Malaysian Embassy to protest foreign “interference” as they did with the Indonesians?

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 5/9/2011
Malaysia blames Thailand over Cambodia border clash

Malaysia on Monday blamed Thailand for the renewed clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border, saying it had reneged on a deal to send observers to the disputed region.


The dispute overshadowed a weekend summit of the 10-member Southeast Asian bloc, where Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen launched into a tirade against Thailand over the conflict that has left 18 dead since last month.

Thailand and Cambodia agreed in February to accept Indonesian military observers on the border but the initiative remains on ice due to Thai demands that Cambodia first pull troops out of the temple.

"An agreement had been agreed upon, (Thailand) should adhere to it, I wouldn't want to say lacking in faith... (but) they did not adhere to the agreement," Malaysian deputy foreign minister Richard Riot Jaem told reporters.

"Thailand refused and that's why the skirmish came again," said Riot, who attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting where it was agreed 30 observers would be stationed on either side of the border.

"All the 10 countries, I stress, including Thailand and Cambodia, agreed to the agreement but sad to say, the agreement was brought back to the respective two countries. Cambodia accepted it, Thailand did not accept," he said.

"Before this, Cambodia was pointing at Thailand as starting the attack and Thailand said it was Cambodia who started ...so to (determine) who started the skirmish... the foreign ministers decided to assign obervers."

Some 85,000 people have been temporarily displaced in weeks of clashes over ownership of a small patch of territory surrounding an 11th-century Khmer temple. The temple itself belongs to Cambodia.

The relationship between the two countries has been strained since the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple was granted UN World Heritage status in July 2008.

Sporadic cross-border fights have erupted since then, occasionally claiming lives, but the recent violence -- mainly at a new flashpoint about 150 km (90 miles) west of Preah Vihear -- has been the fiercest yet.

ASEAN's weakness in conflict resolution was thrown into stark relief Sunday when the leaders' final statement after the summit in Jakarta merely said the dispute "should be amicably resolved in the spirit of ASEAN solidarity".

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hosted an unscheduled meeting with the Thai and Cambodian leaders on Sunday but it failed to achieve a breakthrough in negotiations.

Kenytaan ini dinafikan sekeras-kerasnya melalui BERNAMA

10 Mei, 2011 23:12 PM

Isu Thailand-Kemboja: Richard Riot Nafi Keluar Kenyataan Salahkan Thailand

PUTRAJAYA, 10 Mei (Bernama) -- Timbalan Menteri Luar Datuk Richard Riot menafikan sekeras-kerasnya mengeluarkan kenyataan berbunyi "Malaysia menyalahkan Thailand berhubung isu sempadan antara negara itu dan Kemboja".

Sebaliknya kata Riot, kenyataannya telah disalah tafsir oleh wartawan yang menemubualnya selepas beliau merasmikan satu simposium mengenai belia dan keganasan, di sini semalam.

"Saya telah ditanya sebanyak dua kali oleh wartawan adakah saya menyalahkan Thailand (berikutan krisis terbaru di sempadan Thai-Kemboja)...saya terus menjawab tidak.

"Jadi saya tidak tahu bagaimana boleh tersiar di akhbar-akhbar menyatakan saya menyalahkan Thailand," katanya kepada pemberita, di sini malam Selasa.

Riot mengulas laporan akhbar di Thailand yang menggunakan tajuk "Malaysia blames Thailand over Cambodia border clash" (Malaysia salahkan Thailand dalam pertempuran di sempadan Kemboja), yang memetik beliau sebagai sumber.

Laporan itu menyebut Riot sebagai berkata Malaysia menyalahkan Bangkok dalam pertempuran antara tentera Thai dan Kemboja di kawasan kuil purba Preah Vihear, selain berkata Thailand "tidak mematuhi perjanjian".

Mengulas lanjut, Riot berkata wakil kedutaan Malaysia di Thailand telah memaklumkan kepada Kementerian Luar negara itu bahawa kenyataan beliau telah disalah tafsir dan mereka menerima penjelasannya.

Katanya menjadi amalan Malaysia untuk tidak mencampuri urusan dalaman negara lain terutama pada kalangan negara Asean.

Ini kerana kata Riot, Malaysia tidak mahu menjejaskan hubungan baik dengan negara lain terutama rantau Asean yang kini berusaha mewujudkan masyarakat Asean menjelang 2015.

-- BERNAMA