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National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee

National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee. The Committee’s mission is to seek peaceful and just solutions to the desecration of Hmong graves in Thailand. 5 TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NHGDC, SEPT. 2 ND THRU 4 TH. THE ORIGINS OF THE HMONG.

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National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee

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  1. National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee The Committee’s mission is to seek peaceful and just solutions to the desecration of Hmong graves in Thailand. 5TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NHGDC, SEPT. 2ND THRU 4TH PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  2. THE ORIGINS OF THE HMONG • In Chinese’s history: Mentioned Hmong going back to the 2700 B.C. • Hmong began migrating into Southeast Asia around 1800s. • Most of them went to Laos, Vietnam and Thailand, but many remained in China • Built villages in the high ground of the mountains PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  3. HMONG: THE CIA WAR • Late 1950s – CIA’s Agent Bill Lair connected with the Hmong • General Vang Pao was asked to lead the covert war in Laos • Between 1960 and 1973 – the U.S. relied heavily on the Hmong soldiers, led by General Vang Pao to engage in direct combat with the North Vietnamese troops. • Hmong lost about 35,000 of lives, protecting the U.S. • Hmong blocked and disrupted the flow of the Vietnamese troops and war supplies along the Ho Chi Minh Trail PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  4. HMONG: FLEEING LAOS • CIA War officially ended in 1973/1974 • Hmong leaders and soldiers fled to Thailand for safety • Many families and soldiers were behind. • Many fled to the Jungle of Laos PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  5. THAILAND: REFUGEE CAMPS • Before the settlements in the Third Countries • NongKhai • Nam Phong • Ban Vinai • XiengKham • WatThamKrabok • Whitewater • Nam Yao PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  6. WAT THAM KRABOK • Est. 15,000 Hmong in the camp • Funeral and burial site • Most of the Hmong left the camp at the beginning of 2004 to the United States and other countries PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  7. HMONG GRAVES DIGGING • WatThamkrabok, Thailand - Thai foundations and workers have dug out hundreds of Hmong graves, dismembering the bodies, boiling the flesh, and removing the bones and tissues • Throwing the human tissues back to the opened graves and carried the bones away for unknown purpose, proven of videotape showing that late in 2005. PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  8. Video Clip of The Graves • Download the video clip and insert into this slide. PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  9. CULTURE & RELIGIOUS BELIEFS • Exhuming, removing or destroying of graves is a serious violation the fundamental human rights, including the rights to be free from discrimination, the rights to manifest one’s religion or belief. • Hmong religious belief - once someone is buried, the grave cannot be disturbed, desecrated, and the body cannot be moved/reburied at a different plot/ site. • Our belief: The spirits of the deceased ones would guide, support, or bless the living relatives with good fortunes otherwise, calamities and misfortune will occur to the living relatives. PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  10. DELEGATIONS • There were many delegations to Thailand • September 2007 • November 2007 • July 2008 • August 2009 • April 2010 PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  11. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS • Thai officials and WatThamkrabok to allow the remaining bodies to be reburied at the old site of WatThamkrabok without the cost • The Foundations to be responsible for the returning the remaining bodies in good conditions without cost to the Hmong • To return the three (3) petrified bodies in good conditions without any cost PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  12. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS CONTINUE… • To rezone the rebury of Hmong graves to be a legal cemetery to protect future digging again. • The graves will be modernized with cemetery standards • To build a Memorial Park at WatThamkrabok PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  13. RESPONSES • Communication from the Thai Embassy that: • Stop Graves Digging in Thailand • Return All of The Remaining Bodies • Denial of Land requested in WatThamKrabok PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  14. GOALS & PLAN: HMONG GRAVES MEMORIAL PARK PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  15. MEMORIAL PARK: Design Concepts PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  16. MEMORIAL PARK: Design Elements PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  17. MEMORIAL PARK: Concept Diagrams PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  18. MEMORIAL PARK: Site Plan PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  19. MEMORIAL PARK: Plaza PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  20. MEMORIAL PARK: Monuments PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  21. MEMORIAL PARK: Building Design PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

  22. NHGDC • Thank you! PREPARED BY SOMXAI VUE, NHGDC

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