Friday, May 09, 2008

Part 1 of the never-ending battle: “Betrayal reeks through the pores of his skin”

Translated from French by Luc Sâr
History
“Betrayal reeks through the pores of his skin”
By N. Sihanouk

1- In the 60s. At the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, under the very high presence of H.M. the Queen My Maman (Preah Kossamak Nearirath), my beloved Uncle Samdech Krom Preah Sisowath Monireth told me: “Your confidence Man, Lon Nol reeks betrayal through the pores of his skin (sic! It was said in French). One day he will betray you in a sordid manner.”

2- That evening, what came out of the mouth of Samdech Monireth was prophetic. Furthermore, Monireth was very loved and admired by numerous officers of the KRAF (Khmer Royal Armed Forces). These royalist officers knew everything that was plotted against the Monarchy and myself.

3- As several great western journalists observed and have written in abundance during that time and in the years following the super-diabolical Putsch of 18 March 1970, Lon Nol surrounded himself with occultists (sic!), astrologers and other “fortune tellers” who never stopped telling him in loud voice, after learned astrological calculations: “Prime Minister, it is not (just) your rank that the Heaven and History reserve for you. You are destined to reign as the unique and absolute Master of Kampuchea, and even beyond the borders of Kampuchea.”

(And thus, Lon Nol dreamt of founding a Khmer-Mon Empire!!)

(Signed) Norodom Sihanouk

Siem Reap-Angkor, 30 April 2008

Don't miss tomorrow's episode: Sirik Matak

29 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hahah ... Sihanouk, your story is funny, till the day you die Lon Nol and Sirik Matak will forever haunt you!

Anonymous said...

Long Nol is long dead. Yet hatred for him and his associates continues. Is outlasting him not a triumph already? It is very sad.
Can we claim to be Buddhist? Buddha said that greed (lobha), hatred or anger (dosa) and delusion or ignorance (moha) are the three unwholesome roots of evil(akusala-mūla).
Perhaps we continue to suffer more than Lon Nol if we continue to let the ghost of Lon Nol haunt us and nurture our hatred for him day and night, year after year.

LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong

Anonymous said...

សូម​ឈប់​ច្រៀង​ទៅ​សម្ដេច​តា ។ កូន​ចៅ​មិន​ចូល​ចិត្ត​ស្ដាប់​ចម្រៀង​គ្មាន​ន័យ​ទាំង​នេះ​ទេ ។ ក្នុង​កែវ​ភ្នែក​ពួក​បរទេស​ គេ​ថា​ធ្វើ​យ៉ាង​នេះ​ល្អ​ ប៉ុន្តែ​ក្នុង​ក្រសែ​ភ្នែក​ប្រជារាស្រ្ដ​ខ្មែរ​វិញ មិន​មែន​ជា​ការ​ល្អ​ទេ ។ សម្ដេច​កាន់​សិល​ សូត្រ​ធម៌​​ហើយ​មិន​ត្រូវ​ច្រៀង​រាំ​ទេ ខ្មាស​គេ!

Anonymous said...

C'mon Sihanouk, get over it. The event happen 40 years ago. Time to look for the future not the past.

Anonymous said...

This episode sounds very much like the so-called assassination attempt on Hun Sen's life in Siem Reap in 1998. A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) exploded and killed some villagers living along the road used by Hun Sen's convoy.

The CPP media went ballistic for weeks and accused some opposition parties of being behind the assassination attempt on Hun Sen's life. Another hand grenade also exploded inside Hun Sen's residence in Phnom Penh after his security guards apparently and timely evacuated from the compound.

The interesting thing about the RPG attack on Hun Sen's convoy was that, based on the CPP and its controlled media propaganda, the RPG still kept changing its flight path long after it exploded. All CPP mouthpieces kept making conflicting statements and reports with one another over how and where the RPG exploded.

Lon Nol is long gone, but some people still use his name and legacy to rewrite the history of the past events to suit their political agenda in the present time. He must have been quite pissed off in his grave to hear that he is still involved in politics.

Sacrava said...

In September 30,1965, after Bung Karno of Indonesia was kicked out by his right wing general,Suharto....Norodom Xihanouk was given a speech in a public.
He said :" I'm very tired to work & serve Cambodia, why is general Lon Nol becoming a Khmer-Suharto by overthrow me from the Power,I'm waiting for that ?"
Did Sdach Xihanouk remember it ?
I was 13 yrs old boy at Fine Arts School....and I asked myself :" Is he alright ? "
I would like to laught when I see his article is still hunting & killing the dead horse, Laukta Lon Nol.

Anonymous said...

These overseas cockroaches should be grateful for the late Marshall Lon Nol; in fact, if it hadn't been for him, the overseas retarded gorillas would not have the opportunity to express their ideas and freedom freely. In other words, they'll be farming or fishing.

Anonymous said...

Fuck off you Viet parasite/plunderer @4:49 PM.

Anonymous said...

Why Sihanouk keeps talking about Lon Nol overthrow him from power? I tell you why Sihanouk overthrown by his general. Because Sihanouk sided with Hanoi and China, he let Hanoi use Cambodia territory to deliver supplies to fight with American and the South Vietnam. That's why he was overthrown by CIA. Now Hanoi helps him by encroaching and conquer Cambodia. Why does he talk about these issues instead of the past issue. This is called a moreon and stupid Sdech.

Get lost Sihanouk and go to hell.

Anonymous said...

My beloved Khmers!

What inhumanly ashamed and uncivilized is Sihanouk?

How come he still today not conscientiously figure out what were his ultimate mistakes to permanantly drive the Khmer nation into the earthly hell?

Anonymous said...

Until now when his life is close the door of death, the thing called Sihanouk never realizes that he is the one who has harmed the nation the most. Had he felf a little remorse and apologizes to the people for what he had done, I believe his people wouldn't codemn him to death like this. As I alwys say: regardless of levels of education or classes, any man can be a fool if he acts foolishly, and Sihanouk is an example. Sihanouk can only see Lon Nol's faults, but never thing that Lon Nol followed his instructions after he ran away from the country for his own safety when he saw the danger of not being able to solve the problems with the Vietcong. He left behind all the mess to Lon Nol to solve them. What a shameless King is he! Why doesn't just shut up!

Anonymous said...

Samdech Ta vit dans le passé, et dans l'esprit de vengeance avec M. Lon Nol. Mais le problème, c'est que Samdech Ta lui-même qui a crée des malheurs dans notre royaume. Et à mon avis, cela continue inexorablement, tant que Samdech Ta vive toujours.

Khmer

Anonymous said...

7:37 PM

Hey, Mr. adverb lover (or should I call you Mr. "Ly"?)

You're clueless!

Anonymous said...

Hey asshole (6:36), who won the war, CIA or Hanoi?

Anonymous said...

My beloved 9:58PM!

You are confidentially and concretely right!

Since I am openly illiterate, therefore I am not only presumably, but also unscholarly clueless..

Would you compassionately mind contributing a few acknowledgement of Sihanouk's tremendous accomplishment and phenomena for the nation of Kampuchea and her beloved miserable and suffocating people? Thank you before hand!

Anonymous said...

a sdech chkuot. a kumruk sihanouk. a chke chen. a chke yuon. a chke kantoeur.

a nis khmean khuor kbal. knong kbal vear mean te ach chen noeung ach yuon.

Anonymous said...

That is 100 times better then being Ah chke Khmer-Yuon. At least Chen and Yuon are winners and Ah Khmer-Yuon is a total loser since the day they were born.

Anonymous said...

Dr. Lao,
Sihanouk is not a buddhist as he claims or looks. Everything the man does is opposite of buddhism principles: anger, grudge, curses, hatred, greed, unforgiveness, etc. He just use buddhism to serve his own interest. He attaches the monarchy to buddhism because the Cambodian people are ignorant and easily manipulated.

People who have so much hatred, anger, grudge, are suffering inside. He is deeply sinned. So he continues to suffer for a long time.

Anonymous said...

That sounds more like Sam Rainsy.

Khmer Young said...

Somdech Ta might have no day waking up from his nightmare of political paranoia.

Firstly, it seems Somdech Ta has been reversely trying to justify that Lon Nol ousted him, not his planning for Lon Nol.

Secondly, it seems that Somdech Ta is blind for the future plan for Cambodia or to initiate some useful legacy for his younger generations because he has been dumped and tipped into the ocean of ignorance.

KY

Anonymous said...

Laukta Lon Nol was a father of Khmer freedom promoter. He has introduced to Cambodia a tast of freedom and Sihanouk is a evil of axis who wanted Cambodian to live in poverty so that he can call them as Small people.

Anonymous said...

Ah Sdach Chhkuot Sihanouk kampung slor chheam hoeuy!!!!!
Ha Ha Choss noruk chhap chhap nis hoeuy!...

Anonymous said...

WTF, 4:18? Ah Lon Nol didn't give anyone freedom but slave to the Khmer Rouge, you brainless moron.

Anonymous said...

Fuck you Viet's slave @6:51 AM!

Anonymous said...

Une tres tres simple question:

Esperes-tu d'etre enterre a cote de HO ou bien MAO, SIHANOUK?

Bien sur, JULIO pourrait repondre a cette question a ta place.

Un gars Cambodgien

Anonymous said...

And who are you to judge Ho and Mao, Ah Jkout (9:19)?

Anonymous said...

It's called the "Freedom of speech" you arse hole @6:49PM..got it?

Anonymous said...

Well, we don't want to hear any dumb and nonsense speech, and it's called "disturbing the peace", fool (8:03).

Anonymous said...

Then, fuck off you mother fucker @9:04AM!!!Damn stupid arse hole!