The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 528
“In a message of three pages on Monday [1 October 2007], the former King acknowledged what he had always tried not to, by saying that he had been Khmer Rouge Head of State.
“However, he said that he wrote to the Khmer Rouge organization asking to remove his title as Head of State. According to him, the head of state existed as a title only, but had no power.
“In the meantime, Samdech Euv [Father King] also let the public know briefly some of the history from 1970, the start of the Lon Nol regime, to 1975, when the Khmer Rouge started to ruled the country, that, in fact, he did not join the Khmer Rouge, but the Khmer Rouge supported him 100% and asked to participate in the Cambodian National Reconciliation Front and the Cambodian National Army which he had created.
“Samdech Euv Preah Bat Norodom Sihanouk also stated in the message that though he was in the country, he did not know about the evacuation of the citizens from the cities, and he knew about torturing and killing of citizens only by listening to news from foreign radio broadcasts.
“The message of Samdech Euv yesterday was considered by some political analysts to be part of how the former King tried to reveal his role and his understanding of the Khmer Rouge regime, as he had not been able to explain them in late August, when officials of the United Nations did not accept his program, which had been prepared at the Royal Palace.
“It is remembered that during August, the former Khmer King strongly reacted against ideas to invite him to be a witness at the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Together with the refusal, he also stated to the public through his various messages, that he is also a victim of the Khmer Rouge regime.
“The regime of Democratic Kampuchea, in power from 1975 to 1979, is responsible for the death of at least two million persons who died under cruelly criminal torture.
“Up to now, the Khmer Rouge tribunal has brought to detention only two of five former Khmer Rouge leaders who are in the range of probably being charged – i.e. Kaing Khek Iev, also known as Duch, and Nuon Chea, the [former] President of the [Khmer Rouge] People’s Representative Assembly, under pre-trial arrangements.” Khmer Machas Srok, Vol.1, #36, 2.10.2007
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Khmer Machas Srok, Vol.1, #36, 2.10.2007
- Samdech Euv Acknowledges that He Had Been Khmer Rouge Head of State
- Mr. Sam Rainsy Prays for Release of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi [Burmese elected democracy leader] and Political Prisoners in Burma
- Name of Prime Minister’s Sister [Hun Seng Ny] Used [by police and military officials] to Force Ethnic Minority Tribespeople to Sell Land Cheaply [Ratanakiri]
- Son Chhay [Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian, Phnom Penh] Plans to Go to Meet Tim Sakhan in Yuon [Vietnam – who has been defrocked on accusation of having perpetrated an offense against the Buddhist law, because he is accused to have destroyed the harmony between Vietnam and Cambodia, now jailed in Vietnam]
Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6159, 2.10.2007
- Appeal [by Club of Cambodian Journalists] to Khmer Journalists, to Participate in an Investigative Articles Competition
- Delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam’s Committee on Foreign Affairs Visits Cambodia
Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4404, 2.10.2007
- Preah Mohavirak Khsatr [the Great Heroic King] Warns about starting a Lawsuit against Lao Mong Hay [a Cambodian legal expert in Hong Kong] over Khmer Rouge Issues
- [South] Korean Company [KDN – for link: click, then select “English”] Comes to Study in Order to Equip the National Assembly with an Information Technology Network
Samleng Yuvachun Khmer, Vol.14, #3153, 2.10.2007
- Sam Rainsy Secretly Met Hun Sen [last Saturday – what they talked about is not known]!
Sralanh Khmer, Vol.3, #519, 2.10.2007
- Sam Rainsy Says Phnom Penh Regime Is Better Than It Was Before, as It Now Dares to Speak about Violence by Burmese Leaders
- US Provides $5 Million Aid for Bird Flu Program in Cambodia
I just want to send one message to our KING and one question for all the Khmer people: Do you think the King lives by our side? The real KING would die for his country; he would sacrifice his life for his people; he would preserve his culture and tradition and would protect his motherland.
And what our King has done! 2 millions had died from inhuman cruelty, torture in an indescribable dead …. And our king said he doesn’t know about it? He doesn’t know about the evacuation of the citizens from the cities? He has never acknowledged there are no cars and no people walking on the streets while he was living in his luxurious castle building from Cambodian blood? What a coward person? Shame on you? Does he know how many of children and grandchildren were killed? Does he care to know about the number? Does he try to protect Khmer land and his people? Does he try to preserve Khmer culture in his power? What is it taken to be a King!!!!!? If you believe in Karma, the spirits of those millions had died would not let you live peacefully.
He is the only living key player to be witness as of today about Khmer Rouge and about Ho-Chi Min Trail and Khmer Krum. We just would like to know who is behind the Khmer Rouge? Why is that so hard for him to do so? Is not enough that millions of people had died for him and many more to come? Just reveal the true before the end of his life would help answers to so many questions about the secrets that have been kept in the moon for years. It will help the future generation to build a better Khmer future.
This is the chance for you (King) to cleanout all the mess that you have created. And we would be proud and a good memory of our King.
I believe that the true will come one day!
Thank You King for reading my comments.
BB