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The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) networks from 16 southern provinces held a public announcement urging the government to investigate Thailand's rights to 4.6 square kilometers in the vicinity of the Preah Vihear Temple, in order to prevent the country from losing the disputed land.

People's Alliance for Democracy or PAD coordinator for southern networks , Soonthorn Rakrong, made an address on behalf of the PAD networks from the South, acknowledging their support of a group led by Weera Somkwamkid in investigating a disputed 4.6 square-kilometer area along Thai and Cambodia border.

The area mentioned is also the location of the Preah Vihear Temple.

The group claims that evidence indicates that Thailand has obviously lost its ownership over the disputed area to Cambodia and that the Thai government remains inactive and appears to be supporting Cambodia's actions.

In this regard, they have called for the government to preserve the country's sovereignty and revoke any contracts or agreements made between the two countries.

The PAD networks said that if the government still remained inactive about the issue, they would join forces with the public sector to reclaim the nation's sovereignty. They will hold a gathering on September 9th in Nakhon Srithammarat province to put a concrete plan into action.