Prince Norodom Ranariddh was a no-show on Friday at the Phnom Penh airport. Senior Funcinpec officials are providing contradicting information on the whereabout of their Warrior-Prince-Historical-President. (Photo: RFA)Saturday and Sunday, August 9-10, 2006
F'pec Still Hazy on Ranariddh's Whereabouts
By Lor Chandara
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Funcinpec President Prince Norodom Ranariddh's whereabouts were a mystery on Friday with royalist party officials giving contradictory reports that he had slipped back into the country and that he had postponed his return to Cambodia until Saturday.
Reporters and photographers who gathered at Phnom Penh International Airport on Friday morning were left wondering when the prince did not appear to be on board the scheduled flight from Malaysia.
Contacted by telephone, Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhiek Bun Chhay said that he was unaware of the prince's return and that he had likely stayed in Malaysia.
"He is still in Malaysia. He cancelled his return," Nhiek Bun Chhay said. Contacted late Friday evening, Nhiek Bun Chhay reiterated that the prince had not yet returned.
Funcinpec spokesman Chea Chanboribo, however, said that he was in a meeting with the prince in Phnom Penh. An assistant that answered the spokesman's telephone later also said that Prince Ranariddh was in Cambodia.
Ok Socheat, the prince's public affairs spokesman, also said the prince was present in the country.
"The prince is in town. I heard that he does not want to talk to reporters at this stage," Ok Socheat said.
However, Funcinpec lawmaker Khieu San said the prince was not yet in the country but would return from Malaysia Saturday at 10 am.
"As far as I know, the prince is not back yet. But I am sure he will show up tomorrow at the meeting. He will come straight to the meeting from the airport," Khieu San said.
Prince Ranariddh is scheduled to meet with about 1,000 party members at Funcinpec headquarters Saturday morning.
The prince held a similar mass meeting of party supporters on Aug 19 to mark his return to Cambodia after five months abroad, but he left the country unexpectedly again on Aug 25.
Ok Socheat said he was not aware of any plans by the prince to leave the country any time soon.
Reporters and photographers who gathered at Phnom Penh International Airport on Friday morning were left wondering when the prince did not appear to be on board the scheduled flight from Malaysia.
Contacted by telephone, Funcinpec Secretary-General Nhiek Bun Chhay said that he was unaware of the prince's return and that he had likely stayed in Malaysia.
"He is still in Malaysia. He cancelled his return," Nhiek Bun Chhay said. Contacted late Friday evening, Nhiek Bun Chhay reiterated that the prince had not yet returned.
Funcinpec spokesman Chea Chanboribo, however, said that he was in a meeting with the prince in Phnom Penh. An assistant that answered the spokesman's telephone later also said that Prince Ranariddh was in Cambodia.
Ok Socheat, the prince's public affairs spokesman, also said the prince was present in the country.
"The prince is in town. I heard that he does not want to talk to reporters at this stage," Ok Socheat said.
However, Funcinpec lawmaker Khieu San said the prince was not yet in the country but would return from Malaysia Saturday at 10 am.
"As far as I know, the prince is not back yet. But I am sure he will show up tomorrow at the meeting. He will come straight to the meeting from the airport," Khieu San said.
Prince Ranariddh is scheduled to meet with about 1,000 party members at Funcinpec headquarters Saturday morning.
The prince held a similar mass meeting of party supporters on Aug 19 to mark his return to Cambodia after five months abroad, but he left the country unexpectedly again on Aug 25.
Ok Socheat said he was not aware of any plans by the prince to leave the country any time soon.
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This monster is now a dead duck or a rooten wood. He has copied his father to shame their ancestors and their families. They cannot be help again. I wish they must go to hell for their stupidity. Only a few crooked men and women from funcipec who wanted them back to create more suffering the general public. I fucked them off for this kind of leadership.
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In 1417, Poea Yat became the King in Angkor at the age of 21 under the full occupation of the Siamese.
He took the name Borom Reachea II. He formed an army outside Angkor and then attack Angkor.
Soon he was able to defeat them out of Angkor in 1427.
However, during the Siamese retreat, they took thousands of Khmer familes, including intellictuals from Angkor.
Also, the retreating Thai army occupied the western part, namely Chantabourey (Chantaburi), Roeng, Baschimbourey (Prachin), and
Nokor Reach Sima (Korat/Ubon Ratchathani).
Fearful of having his capital too close to Ayuthaya, the capital of Siam, King Borom Reachea II moved his capital from Angkor to Basin in the east side of Mekong in 1431. A year later, he moved again to Phnom Penh.
The Siamese saw these moves as a sign of weakness and unwillingness to fight, and it virtually invited them to further encroach on the land between the new Siamese frontier and new Khmer capital at Phnom Penh.
After 47 years, King Borom Reach II gave up his throne in 1463 to his eldest son, Noreay Reachea II.
Noreay Reachea II reigned until his death in 1468 where his younger brother, Srei Reachea, succeeded him.
Unlike his father and elder brother, King Srei Reachea was not content with his diminished kingdom they had left him.
He began preparing his army to reconquer the four lost Khmer provinces to the west.
King Srei Reachea ordered his army to attack the kingdom of Ayuthaya in 1475. The army was to attack the Siamese from sea and land.
King Srei Reachea's Samdech Choavea Tolha (Prime Minister) will lead his sea army from Kampot toward Chantabourey, while King Srei Reachea will lead the land army.
Before the war campaign, King Srei Reachea asked his younger brother Srei Thomma Reachea to reign in his place at Phnom Penh.
King Srei Reachea's army crossed through Battambang and Sra Keo, and then arrived at Nokor Reach Sima (Korat) so swiftly that it took the Siamese governor by surprise. Without much of a fight, the Siamese governor surrendered Nokor Reach Sima and Baschimbourey to the army.
King Srei Reachea then concentrated all his forces at Baschimbourey in preparation to attack Ayutthaya. He launched many offensives against Ayuthaya but the Siamese were able to push back the army each time.
While King Srei Reachea was busy, his nephew Srei Soriyotei (son of Noreay Rechea II, his elder brother) revolted in Phnom Penh out of greed for power.
Srei Soriyotei formed his army and then he took over Kompoung Siem, Stung Treng, Baray, Nokor Prey and Cheoung Prey.
Srei Thomma Reachea then expanded his control over the old western provinces such as Battambang, Siem Reap, Pursat.
After hearing his brother and nephew had betrayed him, King Srei Reachea decided to return to Phnom Penh but was prevented by Srei Thomma Reachea. Srei Reachea asked his generals to become governors of the newly regained provinces.
Thus in 1478, the Khmer kingdom was ruled by three kings from east, central and west. King Srei Reachea wasted time and energy fighting Srei Thomma Reachea and vice versa.
The civil war gave the Siamese King Maha Chakrabatti his greatest opportunity to weaken the Khmer empire once and for all.
King Chakrabatti considered King Srei Reachea too powerful and anti-Siamese, Srei Soriyotei illegitimate so he chose Srei Thomma Reachea.
He supplied Srei Thomma Reachea with his military so was able to defeat both King Srei Reachea and Srei Soriyotei where the pair was captured and bought back to Ayuthaya to be executed.
If the rebellion and betrayal of King Srei Reachea's brother and newphew never happened, the khmer land might have been an empire streaching from Ayuthaya to Prey Nokor.
Realistically, Cambodia is not able, and will never ever be able to regain the lost provinces from Thailand and Vietnam again, not even in a thousand years.
Cambodian disunity is the cause of the loss. And the Cambodians never learnt from its mistake.
From the royal family to the lowly peasants, the disunity is always founded.
They have repeated their mistake prior the Khmer Rouge era.
Now they still have repeated their mistake in this current time.
Dear compatriots,
The only way to save our land is to present a united front with Samrainsyparty to fight the traitor HUN SEN out of the power.
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
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Please take a look at this site. I just found out yesterday. It's about Khmer-Krom and i recommend u to read it. (Not completly publish; to be continue......)
Statistic parts of How many Khmer Krom in Kampuchea-Krom (it's about the same as KKF claim):
http://www.khmerbusiness.com/khmerpage/khmerkraom/songkumsas09.html
and
http://www.khmerbusiness.com/khmerpage/khmerkraom/songkumsas10.html
Money has just slipped through his fingers, so he has to come home to find it by fair means or foul.
ARSE-LICKER Great Prince! Like father (DIABOLIC KING FATHER) like son.
Royal Khmer family has been useless and noxious since centuries. We should seriously think about it.
Who give a shit where Ranariddh is?. Look at his face, he still need to learn to speak properly without puilling a face...it is shooking site.
Good bye FUN-CIN-PEC.
HSen
To KOH Tral Khmer,
What ta fuck U doing?
This is not a history writing page.
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