After Cambodian government blasted Google, giant search engine, over the Google Earth map which was “devoid of truth and reality” and called for its immediate removal because it was not internationally recognized.

In response to the letter complained by Cambodia, the Google Inc. said that it would look into a complaint from Cambodia that an online map showing the country’s border with Thailand was wrong, thought it stopped short of saying it would change the document, reported AP.

A day ahead of the first-ever visit to disputed border by prime minister Hun Sen, Cambodia issued a complaint.

Responding Cambodia’s complaint, a letter dated on February 09, signed by Ross LaJeunesse, Google’s head of public policy and government affairs for Asia Pacific, was provided to reporter on Wednesday said that it was carefully reviewing Phnom Penh’s objection but also suggested that it contact Tele Atlas, a mapping company it says provided the border data to the company, reported AP.

“We understand that the governments of both Thailand and Cambodia are pursuing bilateral negotiations to clarify the existing borders between the two countries and we would be happy to review any authoritative border data which the government of Cambodia can provide,” letter read.

In addition, Cambodia wants Google to replace its current map with one the government says was accepted on 1908 by Thailand.

Svay Sitha, secretary of state of the Council of Ministers, was quoted by Reuters as saying that the map is devoid of truth and reality, and professionally irresponsible, if not pretentious.

“We therefore request that you withdraw the already disseminated, very wrong and not internationally recognised map and replace it,” he said.

In 1962 the International Court of Justice in Hague ruled that the 11^th-century temple Preah Vihear belongs to Cambodia.

The conflict between Cambodia and Thailand over the border dispute occurred when the UNESCO registered Cambodia’s Preah Vihear as the World Heritage Site on July, 2008 in Quebec, Canada.

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