[JBC] Border memos seen as threat to unity [in Thailand]

Parliamentary endorsement for three memorandums covering the demarcation of the border between Thailand and Cambodia will end all chances of national reconciliation, the leader of a civic group says.

Banawit Kengrian, chairman of the National People's Assembly, said yesterday the endorsement of the three memos involving the demarcation of the land boundary, which were signed by the Joint Boundary Commission in 2008 and last year, would result in significant territorial loss for Thailand.

The three memorandums of understanding agreed to by the JBC, which is made up of members from the two neighbouring countries, support an earlier memo signed in 2000 by the Chuan Leekpai government.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said the cabinet would seek parliamentary approval tomorrow for the three memos.