Google Caught in Preah Vihear Dispute

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The Nation reports:

The Cambodian government sent a strongly-worded letter Friday to US internet giant Google, complaining that its online Google Earth map incorrectly places parts of the 11th century Preah Vihear temple in Thailand.

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Friday’s letter called on Google to withdraw the map, calling its demarcation of the border “radically misleading and totally misguided” for showing “almost half of the temple in Thailand.”

And Xinhua has a follow-up report:

Google wrote to Cambodian government and said the company is going to review a map of the 11th built century temple of Preah Vihear, where the temple’ s annex is also claimed by Thailand.

The letter, which was seen on Wednesday, said “we are carefully reviewing the Government of Cambodia’s objection regarding the depiction of Cambodian borders in Google Earth, and we plan to respond to your letter more fully in the very near future.”

So what will Thailand do if Google agrees to amend the border line?

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