Dear All,
The following very interesting piece of comments was written and sent to Khmerization by Mr. Colin Pratt, an Australian ex-diplomat to Cambodia and a long term close confidant of ex-King Sihanouk, who knew Prince Sihanouk personally very well since the 1960s and who acted as an advisor to the Khmer Resistance Movement in the 1980s and, like Mr. Julio Jeldres, he was very active in the Paris Peace Accords. He is man who should know to the bones about the mores of all Khmer leaders. He had written a book about Khmer recent events titled "Killing The Khmer 1997".
His comments below are very interesting indeed.
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By Mr. Colin Pratt
As the city of Phnom Penh is seized by a land sales price bubble, with black money poured in by gulled foreign investors, the rural outlands are suffering a fate exceeded only under Khmer Rouge rule.
For over 1,000 years the Khmer peasant has had a hard but survivable and satisfying life in a land of plenty.
Now,there is widespread distress and even starvation in outlying regions.While the few sycophants of Phnom Penh live off the riches allotted them by the King of Corruption the majority of the Khmer live in conditions that are truly appalling.
The schools and medical centres that were opened in the Sihanouk years and destroyed by the Khmer Rouge have not been restored by the CPP government. Showtime openings of schools by the King of Corruption are shams as the “new” school closes as soon as he departs.
The recent election was run on a doctored voters role and continues the corrupt election practices of the past. The cowed people fall into line for fear of repercussions for opposing the corrupt authorities.
Basically the causes of this tragedy are twofold. First the evil presence of Hun Sen who was trained by the Khmer Rouge and attended finishing school in Communist Vietnam. This imitation of a man thrives on duplicity and terror, never hesitating to “erase” opposition and reward support with bribes and favours.
The second contributor to the Khmer degradation has been the incredibly dishonest and gutless yet monumentally puerile behaviour of some of the potential opposition figures headed by that absolute travesty of humanity, Ranariddh. This poor excuse for a man has betrayed every principle of Khmer decency and national aspiration. He has been a basic cause in the tragedy that is Cambodia today.
The coming economic decline will further devastate the poor Khmer but Hun Sen and his family and cohorts will rest easy in their swollen foreign bank accounts. Hun Sen will continue his grand plan, that of having his son succeed him as Cambodian strongman. The only,continuing irritant to this dictator is the fact of the one man who is more popular and who has more respect, King Father Norodom Sihanouk who is unassailable.
1. Read Mr. Pratt's previous comments about Prince Ranariddh here.
21 comments:
My beloved Colin Pratt!
Honestly confessing, I can not emotionally wait to read your remarkable book. Forgive me if I were unscholarly and illiterately wronged, I think therefore I am undeniably believing that you aren't personally or entirely blaming Sihanouk's ultimate mistakes..
Here my simple question is who mainly brought Khmer Rouge into the power?
The Republic
who care......uuuuuuuuuuu vote for him....yuon slave....live with it...ok.......do not complaint...or stand up and fight for it...do not wait for me to fight for you.....ok....do not wait for yuon to fight for uuuu....
This guy that wrote this book is an idiot. He is simply a foreign observer who barely knows the real inner politics of Khmer society.
He should be ashamed of himself if he were gonna blame anyone including Hun Sen for joining the Khmer Rouge in the early part of their regime. Guess who else was associated or should I say gave Khmer Rouge all the supports they needed, King Sihanouk himself. and this guy claims to know Sihanouk very well. Should be say something on the subject of Khmer Rouge and Sihanouk as well? I guess not, since Sihanouk is his close associate. Stupid foreigners with their constant contradiction.
This is something probably the stupid moron doesn't even know. People were called upon to join the Khmer Rouge by King Sihanouk to drive out the American. People that joined the Khmer Rouge thought they were being patriotic and loyal to the kingdom to join the Khmer Rouge forces so they can restore the rightful monarchy that was overthrown and replaced with incompetent Lon Nol by the US.
Like I said, this guy is either a stupid moron or simply biased bastard. By the way, he wrote the book for one reason, just like everyone else who does, PROFIT. Guess where the money from the booksales going?
"Mr. Colin Pratt, an Australian ex-diplomat to Cambodia and a long term close confidant of ex-King Sihanouk, who knew Prince Sihanouk personally very well since the 1960s and who acted as an advisor to the Khmer Resistance Movement in the 1980s"
How very interesting, that's why more than 2 millions of Khmer savagely killed. Now he try to make money of khmer blood. his book is a piece of shit, indeed.
"Mr. Colin Pratt, an Australian ex-diplomat to Cambodia and a long term close confidant of ex-King Sihanouk, who knew Prince Sihanouk personally very well since the 1960s and who acted as an advisor to the Khmer Resistance Movement in the 1980s"
How very interesting, that's why more than 2 millions of Khmer savagely killed. Now he try to make money of khmer blood. his book is a piece of shit, indeed.
Colin Pratt was and is a long term observer of Cambodian politics. He is a foreigner but he has done more than many Cambodians to help liberate Cambodia from the Viet invader. He should be congratulated.
Let's congratuate him if you mother fuckers can't do anything else better rather BARK TO DEGRADE THIS THAT COMMENT REFLECTING THE TRUTH IN CAMBODIA!!!!
You mother-fuckers should learn to give better comments or at least learn to TALK ABOUT THE TRUTH IN CAMBODIA NOT JUST COUNTER-ATTACK THE CRITIZIXM AIMING TO LIBERATE THE PEOPLE FROM CORRUPTING, UNFAIR AND CLANS'OR CLIQUES' GOVERNING SYSTEM??
You guys mother-fuckers must be TOTALLY RETARDED BY GOING THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN CAMBODIA, THAT TEACH YOU GUYS TO ONLY TALK ABOUT THE BARKING AND BULLSHITS RAHTER THEN ANYTHING BENEFICIAL FOR ALL!!!!!!!!
Anti-Morons
sigh. we khmers are a gentle & friendly people. even foreign tourists on short term visits recognise that and write again & again about it. it's only when there's a cloak of internet anonymity that all hell wants to break loose among us.
First, the current government is really one of the worst. I get educated in Phnom Penh, but please do not mark us all as moron just because we live in cambodia under such a regime without choice. The way the people thought are different from one another, it doesn't matter if you live in cambodia, get low education or you get high education and live in happy life.
For what Collin Pratt wrote about current prince Ranarith or Prime. Hun Sen... ummm yes all are correct! ... and i do agree...
Sometime I wonder what happen if the King Sihanok take the lead of Funsinpic Party from the first election in 1993.. not to gave to his irresponsible prince.
Stima,
Ah choy mray euy, aoy tae ke sase pas poal ov ahaeng mae ahaeng keu ahaeng protekam anh cheung. Ah chhkae muoy chivit, ahaeng nis pit chea kanh cheas ah yuon teang ach, ah kmeng teub ning chrus ach krobey, ahaeng deung tae avey dael nov chong chramos te, ah kdo na ko doch ah kdo na dae, nis chea samdey taing pi samay mlun nol mles. Puok ahaeng nis aoy tae ban amnach, luy, ahaeng lenh meul kheunh ey teang os.
Pi anh
One way to find out if Mr. Colin Pratt is speaking the truth is verify what Mr. HUN XEN had done!
From what I knew and base on my recent observation and I found out that Mr. Colin Pratt is speaking the truth and let the truth set Cambodian people free in the next election!
We need read the book related with Mr. Colin Pratt's comments. Could any one tell the title of Mr. Colin Pratt's the book. Thank you in advance
We need read the book related with Mr. Colin Pratt's comments. Could any one tell the title of Mr. Colin Pratt's the book. Thank you in advance
4:26PM is a Youn guy named Ly Ngoc Diep. He is getting worse with his alzheimer disease. Where is his buddy koksap?
Authority in LB needs to validate this Youn guy beofore he commits more criminal offense.
Yes, you must be very dumb and stupid alright. Words are coming out from your asshole while humming your mother behind abroad. Your father really taught you very well.
Shit this Khmer blog post mostly incest between mother and son like this 2:01AM. What a disgrace nation?
Aghhh... Ah peal 2;01AM. Did you f.. ya mother? Ah preah thorani srob.
People write books because they will benefit from the sales off of it. Writing books has more to do with financial benefits than enlightening anyone. Bill Clinton, Monica Luvinski, Paris Hilton, plus many more celebrities wrote books. Why? because it is profitable.
Be his guest and spend your money on his book if you really insist on wasting your money for something that you probably already know lol.
If he really wants people to know the truth or whatever he wants to call it, give the books away for free. If he wants the cost of publication, make PDF files. They are free. Make his book digital files and spread them for free, then maybe I believe his intention is really to spread words, and not just making profits of curious Khmer.
But, he won't, I guarantee you, because all this Collin guy wants is MONEY. He is just another one of the million of salesmen that want your money, folks.
There are great books out there that worth reading but majority of books written by people now a day are for the bucks, not to educate you at all. They are for the bucks ONLY.
8:45PM.
You seem to be so pro toward one side. I don't know whose side you are with but you judge others based on a favoritism. Perhaps, your favorite person being unmasked and you are cold attacking the writer without reading or find what is inside of the book. This is sick.
The celebrities write book for more publicity more recognitions, or so on, but not much about money since they already have too much. Poor people write books for money, and to be recognized to be known or famous whatsoever.
It is up to him to give away for free or to sell, not it's up to you to decide.
Some people are paid just to tell their stories and some write the book to share their secrecy and sure tehy are entitled to get paid or to pay the editors or pay to the publicists, and so on.
Yes only Hun Sen who paid and forced others to write his axe of evil for being sdach Kon who needs no money, because he keeps stealing Khmer people money.
It is up to everyone to purchase this book, it is not up to you to decide. There are plenty foreigners who want to know will buy and also to keep it as a part of a documentary history of people the writer knew about.
Beaver
Beaver,
Did I ever say it's up to me what he should do? I merely stated the ploy of money making that various people use, one of which is writing book. Maybe you should stop putting words in people's mouth also, bro. That is sick lol.
I should get to know some famous people and go write some book about them. Easier than working. But then again, I'm not intelligent or literate enough to even read books. How am I gonna go write a book? lol
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