Sam Rainsy's letter published inThe Cambodia Daily, January 1, 2009
JANUARY 7, 1979, IS FRANKENSTEIN OF APRIL 17, 1975
On January 7, 1979, I was living in France and publishing a monthly anti-Khmer Rouge bulletin named Sereika (meaning Liberation).
When the Vietnamese communist army invaded Cambodia to "free" us from the Khmer Rouge, we quickly realized that we were caught between Scylla and Charybdis.
We remembered what happened to most Eastern and Central European countries after Staline's Red Army had invaded them to "free" them from the Nazis.
According to the Vietnamese-installed regime's propaganda, without January 7, 1979 we would not have been able to achieve anything that we have achieved since. Or, in other words, nothing would have grown around us without our salvation by Vietnam and its (mainly symbolic) auxiliary forces led by the CPP's current leaders.
But it is worth realizing that without April 17, 1975 (the date of the Khmer Rouge takeover and the beginning of the Cambodian genocide), there would be no need for January 7, 1979. And without the Vietnamese and Chinese communist massive intervention in the early 1970s to help the Khmer Rouge, the latter would not have been able to seize power and there would be no April 17, 1975.
Therefore April 17 and January 7 are inextricably associated: both of them are communist Frankensteins. Celebrating January 7 without having in mind a broader historical perspective, is playing into the hands of the current Phnom Penh regime whose only raison d'être was to "free" the Cambodian people from the Khmer Rouge with communist Vietnam's decisive but not unselfish help.
It is sad to see most former leaders of the anti-Vietnamese Resistance in the 1980s, especially from Funcinpec, give up their ideal to fight for a free, democratic and independent Cambodia.
It is heartbreaking to see them sell out to the CPP, thus forgetting the memories of all those who have died for this ideal.
Sam Rainsy
SRP President
When the Vietnamese communist army invaded Cambodia to "free" us from the Khmer Rouge, we quickly realized that we were caught between Scylla and Charybdis.
We remembered what happened to most Eastern and Central European countries after Staline's Red Army had invaded them to "free" them from the Nazis.
According to the Vietnamese-installed regime's propaganda, without January 7, 1979 we would not have been able to achieve anything that we have achieved since. Or, in other words, nothing would have grown around us without our salvation by Vietnam and its (mainly symbolic) auxiliary forces led by the CPP's current leaders.
But it is worth realizing that without April 17, 1975 (the date of the Khmer Rouge takeover and the beginning of the Cambodian genocide), there would be no need for January 7, 1979. And without the Vietnamese and Chinese communist massive intervention in the early 1970s to help the Khmer Rouge, the latter would not have been able to seize power and there would be no April 17, 1975.
Therefore April 17 and January 7 are inextricably associated: both of them are communist Frankensteins. Celebrating January 7 without having in mind a broader historical perspective, is playing into the hands of the current Phnom Penh regime whose only raison d'être was to "free" the Cambodian people from the Khmer Rouge with communist Vietnam's decisive but not unselfish help.
It is sad to see most former leaders of the anti-Vietnamese Resistance in the 1980s, especially from Funcinpec, give up their ideal to fight for a free, democratic and independent Cambodia.
It is heartbreaking to see them sell out to the CPP, thus forgetting the memories of all those who have died for this ideal.
Sam Rainsy
SRP President
42 comments:
this is what we call jar-rek Khmer. there is nothing we can guard about this......it is the Khmer people that put them there they have to live with it and eventually will be colonised by thieves.
oh, it is now that lok rainsy dare to say something which my people and I denounced since long ago. But at least he dares. Good, better late than never.
Cgr and happy 2009
Let's think "logically". The Viet army invaded Cambodia and succeeded on January 7, 1979 when they completely ousted the KR. It has been believed by some, only some, that this date was an actual date of a "genuine salvation" ofmthe poor Khmers by the Viet troops. Oh, really??
Do not forget that the Viet army occupied the country for ten long years and never intended to leave until the U.N. and international intervention that persuaded the Viet to leave Cambodia.
Many Khmer treasures and belongings were robbed and transported like storm, by land, by air and by sea to Vietnam the very first few weeks of its occupation.
Let's think logically. Since what age did Vietnam have intention to salvage the Khmer from certain death? Isn't it obvious enough that the Viet never wanted to give up Khmer Krom?
The Khmers were freed, of course, by that invasion. Without that invasion, who knows, the Khmer race may have been annihilated by the hands of its own people. But logically this invasion itself WAS NOT a rush of deep love from Vietnam to rescue the dying Khmers. It was rather an invasion to concur that "accidentally" set off the invisible "kaboom" that blown away the prison without walls and set the Khmers free.
Therefore, the January 7 is undoubtedly meaningless to recognize as an important date in the Khmers society.
Qm
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I agreed with you 5:21 AM. If The Viet is so purely want to help Khmer they should first give Khmer Krom some human freedom. A sense of ownership of their own ancestor land.
Happy New Year.
Thanks to Khmer overseas who galvanised support to fight the yuon. Without overseas khmer, there wouldbeno light for ah croc to pop their heads in Long Beach
I agree with Mr Sam Rainsy entirely that without 17th April 1975, there would be no need to have 7th February 1979. All people who have involved both 17th April 1975 and 7th February 1979 are all idiots. They have both destroyed Cambodia and Cambodians. They all should be banned from playing politic in Cambodia for their desastrous role for Cambodia and her people. I have left Cambodia in 1979 because of Vietnamese invasion. I didn't care if they came to help Cambodian from the killings from Pol Pot. If they did care about the killings, they should crush Pol Pot and shouldn't allow all Pol Pot soldiers such as Heng Samrin, Chea Sim, Hun sen etc.. and etc.. to control Cambodia. Areak Prey
Enough bullshit, Ah Scam Rainxy, go get a life, loser. Who are you trying to kid by trying to separate the Khmer (FUNCINPEC) from Khmer (CPP). We aint no tomato picker like your stupid people oversea, you know?
No, you stop the bullshit and go get a live (a real one). Don't live you life like leech, you blood sucker!
See, that multiple personalities/identities Ph.D from Hanoi, the self-proclaimed Intellectual/Scholar is leaving for nowhere.
As evidenced by his comment @7:31 AM, this Viet trash is impersonating Khmer using his anonymity to wrecklessly harass, attack and alienate readers constantly and consistenly here on KI-Media.
Go home to Hanoi you Viet trash Ph.D from Hanoi!!!
ទៅងាប់នៅហាណូយទៅអាចុយម្រ៉ាយ ដុគទ័រ ក្លែង
ក្លាយយួនកន្តប!
7.31 AM Lord of shit
Have cleansed your roach-infested public housing yet ?
WTF, without this and without that, there is no one live in the region either.
I never know my king and now he is in a very bad shape hospitalize in china. I don't know for sure who he is trying to go and support this time. he should be send to cham chamkar trop at phnom pros phnom srey kampongcham.
Why don't you just play with your balls in spare time rather than playing with millions of people's life. the effect of your fail politic doesn't stop when your people died but still continue till today and many more years to come.
Australian Prime minister dare to say SORY to the stolen generation, Sihanouk dare to show how luxurious he is in hospital in china where chinese nurse and doctor dedicate BODY and soul ( sound fun ) to him.
I don't think sihanouk want to come and die in Cambodia because Ranarith will sell his Chedey as soon as he find another bride.
We pick tons of tomatoes each day in Australia, in Cambodia you only pick a few kilo, no wonder you only earn V$.
Vannak
I agree with SAM while I concur with Qm @5:21 AM. Thanks for taking the time to write!
Passer-By
January 7 celebration in Cambodia is politically motivated operating by the CPP. Among main important days of Cambodia such as Independence Day from French, Victory Day of Lon Nol or Pol Pot, we can recognize the Jan. 7 is the worst day of Cambodian history. It is the day of foreign invasion in Cambodia. And considerably, the best day for Cambodian history is October 23.
The debate is endless about the day of Jan. 7 Of course, it is common to understand that this continuing unstopping debate of Jan. 7 is the outcome of VN's plan.
At least, there are two rivals: the opposition audience and the supporters of Jan. 7
Each side has their own strong hold opinion. But more the debate is going on, more the domination policy of VN is successfully achieved.
Do we fall in the trap of trick? Answer: YES
But Sam Rainsy has his ground to back up his hypothesis. While VN is communist, Pol Pot is communist; why these two communists should obtain better face from each other?
Khmer proverb said "choh tik kropeur, lerng ler klaa or getting down the water face crocodiles, getting up the ground face the tigers".
Cambodia should learn to get away from these two dangerous wild animals.
But we are intellectually conceptualizing this hot debat that Jan. 7 is still deteriorated Cambodia through a "leopard invasion of VN". The communist Pol Pot has already disappeared. We don't need to mention or to denounce, but the ongoing leopard VN communist in Cambodia is hideous to Cambodian sovereignty.
Are we racist just to utter this idea? The answer: NO
We are Khmers feel fully understand that when we are talking about VN's leopard invasion in Jan. 7, we are labeled as racist or politically involved. So how can we do, when there are some Khmers are really blinded and closed their eyes to see the reality of VN, and trying to condemn the death of Khmer Rouge.
Oh, wake up Khmer compatriots!
Happy New Year to you all,
KY
I said it before and I say it again: I was the KR who provoked Vietnam in Sring 1978. At that time Pol Pot thought that one of his soldier could kill up to 40 VN soldiers; he then ordered his troops to massacre hundreds of the Yuons at Ha Tien. That made the Yuons planned a revenge. The smart Yuons spent a few months to recruit some deserted KR including Hun Sen, Heng Samrin, Pen Sovann (K Hanoi), Chea Sim, Say Phoutahang and many more to be figure head of their invasion. They disguised their invasion to look exactly like a liberation monvement, which of course a lot of people, even the world, believe so.
Thank for the historical lesson Mr Sam rainsy.
Happy new year to all khmer all around the world, don't forget our beloved home country.
correction: I was=It was
vietcong burned our home and pretend to be a savior.
But not too long vietnam will be burned by China or U.S.
Yeah right, without Pouk Ah tomato pickers who stabbed our King in the back, there wont be any Jan 7.
Pouk Ah bloodsuckers @11:09am must know that the tomato pickers live off their own sweat, while the bloodsuckers like him and his masters Hun Sen and Whore Namhong live off the misery of Cambodian people by sucking their blood to make themselves rich.
Nope, pouk Ah tomato picker live on welfare that is from the sweat of working people.
Shame, shame, shame on Ah tomato pickers, they have no moral value whatsoever. Steal, steal, steal from other people is all they know.
After 4th term election ended with CPP dominating political power in Cambodia, Lok Sam Rainsy better wakes up and re-think his political strategy.
It is clear that ELECTIONS won't place opposition party in power. Lok Sam Rainsy will not succeed in his struggle. The SRP will eventually be corrupted by sleepers and corruptors within the party struture itself. Lok Sam Rainsy knows that.
Khmer Republican
hey imagine if there is no 7th Jan. What would happen to all your parents by now. Will they still be here by now? Will most ppl born in cambodia using internet and post this comments by now? So don forget 7th jan. U guys never live in KR regime, u have no idea how much freedom that khmer ppl wants. That all i can say.
I have heard enough of Cambodian officials and Cambodian prominent TV personnels saying that because of January 7 that why Cambodia has a new life.
I would life to ask what new life?
First of all if the Vietcong soldiers did liberate Cambodia to save Cambodian people and why so many million Cambodian people have to die? In fact in some occupied zones in Cambodia by the Vietcong army such as Nemont when the Vietcong army came in and successfully push the Khmer Rouge out and they promised the whole villager a protection but as soon as night fall the Vietcong withdrew their troop and leave the villagers defenseless and as the Khmer Rouge return and they slaughtered over 500 villagers for suspecting collaborating with the Vietcong army!
Secondly, As the Vietcong began their occupation of Cambodia on January 7, 1979 and a new war was brewing on the horizon and Cambodian people have to live through the starvation because of crippling economic embargo! During the 10 years of Vietcong occupation of Cambodia, Cambodia has to relive through the nightmare of war all over again and no economic development whatsoever!
Third, million and million of landmines were laid during the Vietcong occupation of Cambodia which maim and kill Cambodian people to this day!
On and on...
Why Cambodian leaders are so quick to congratulate each over the victory of another Cambodian? This is the first in Cambodian history. I mean Pol Pot Khmer Rouge is Cambodian and so do a former Khmer Rouge Hun Sen and his cronies are Cambodian! This is such a shame!
I don't need AH Hun Sen Government to remind me of how wonderful the January 7 because Cambodia is still the same corrupted dirt poor country in the world! In the misery of Cambodian people, AH HUN SEN and his cronies play a role too and why continue to blame everything on Pol Pot and I hope AH HUN SEN remember the K-5 of the Vietcong policy which make Cambodian population die in misery again just like the Pol Pot policy!
please also understand that to some people this date is infamous for foreign occupation of cambodia, while, on the other hand as well, some people think it is a liberation of cambodia from the stupid, crazy, backward, genocidal KR regime as well. so, it is good to understand both sides of the view here if we are in the business of helping people. there must be a compromise or balance because depends on which side your on, your view will be different, of course. question is: is it good or bad for cambodia? this is truly controversial. god bless cambodia.
For half century Cambodian people call Sihanouk as "Samdech OV" King Father...Let ask yourself for all those years of kingship, what has the king had done for your country?
We think, if cambodian people can call Sihanouk Samdech OV, then we could call Samdech Decho Hun Sen as Tevada Hun Sen. Because, within afew days Cambodian will be celebrating the January 7, 1979 mark the 30 years of the khmer reborn from Pol Pot Regime. And that Rebirth were lead by Tevada Hun Sen.
Thanks to Tevada Hun Sen!
Parajey puok Sihanouk niyum!
Jeyo 7 makara dor mhemea!
PS:
Thanks to our vietnamese, who the second Father, Mother, Brother, Sister for your helped!
Khmer say ………………
Ladies and gentlemen and all the khmer patriots. Ph.d from Hanoi is the tricky disguised man who is playing several different personalities to lead us Khmers to a particular state of mind and thinking. Nevertheless, let me take this opportunity to give my humble recommendations to tackle with the current “confusing-complicating-splitting-conquering strategy”:
Let us Khmer consider this: at our level intellectual with critical thinking and reasoning skills, we can absorb the flow of information so comfortably and in the meantime make judgment and evaluation for the source of reliability and truth of the information and to explore and discover “the root of the causes.”Or simply put, we are smart enough to realize whether the truth is true or it’s some kind of propagandas or can be “traps” and we will make attempt to grasp the root of the problem. (I take the stance of criticizing the ruling gov.t: bigger, yet incapable and corrupted with the least conscience demonstrated by “the ministers of councils”-about four hundred larger, yet with gross deficiency compared with governments in the world next to Burma and Zimbabwe.)
In addition to the unstoppable flow of information and the undying desire to learn, we intellectuals can shed light over the darkness by bringing about the discussion and provoke more debate with elaboration of details so that people involved can understand all aspects and angles of the problems. To put it frankly, however, it is rather hard to convince, guide and lead people to walk on the same path. Nevertheless, by their instinct and growing intellectual, people likely to select wiser, trust-worthy and more prosperous paths of sustainable livelihood. (Consider Pol Pot Regime: though with armed soldiers, millions of Khmers were thirsty and dying to rebel against the regime. The then-leaders of liberation would only buy weapons as the “means” and people would fight till their last breath. Or if then-leaders could form more net-workings to support and supply, the volunteered people would destroy the structures and organization of Pol Pot regime.) These are the strategies, though a bit abstract, but are effective to play against the current gov.t.
Eventually, my advices are:
-empower each individual of Khmer to have critical thinking and reasoning skills—to provoke more discussion and debate to discover the solutions for all; I mean the constructive ideas to steer the country ahead and not bowing and ceding land as concessions to neighboring countries like VN and Siam.
-Remember that not all people will want to walk on one path of life. Nevertheless, ISN’T IT WISE TO SEE PEOPLE ABLE TO MAKE DECISION FROM THEIR OWN WILL WITH THE LIGHT FROM THE FLOW OF INFORMATION? OR you say that people make wise decision in the darkness or with their ignorance of what happened? Think twice of this strategy!
-Raise awareness by establishing more networks to spread the information&Policy and to provide “Service of guiding, setting good examples and if possibly implementing”. The Ruling gov.t still stays in power coz it can fool people around backward and forward and by shutting up the media and broadcasting through its propaganda machines. For this reason, we need to bring to people the better images of their villages&communes and to educate them how disastrous the corruption is…just to name a few.
By this line, I fade from writing and God bless us all.
From KHMER
To 1:13AM
You can call anybody you want and it is your choice! You don't need to speak for Cambodian people because they can speak for themselves and you need to speak for yourself mother fucker!
So if the Vietnamese is your second Father, Mother, Brother, Sister and so be it! But none of mine! Since when the Vietnamese adopting you as one of their and why are you the only who is special?
What about those million and million of Khmer Krom people who are currently living beneath the Vietnamese feet? Why the Vietnamese government never gives a fuck about them?
In March 18,1970 Cambodia was plunged into war. Then Sihanouk apeal to the Cambodian people to participate in the said war against the American Imperialists, Lon Nolist and it clique called to join the struggle movement to liberate the Cambodia.
The great vitocty of April 17, 1975 the movement of Sihanoukist and Pol Potist were lead a movement to liberate Cambodia, then Sihanoukist and Pol Potist turn their policy into GENOCIDE.
One day there he comes, Another patriotic Movements together with the full support from the voluntary forces of our second Father, Mother, Brother and Sister of Vietnam, Cambodia was saved from Sihanoukist
and Pol Potist the GENOCIDAL REGIME on January 7, 1979.
Without January 7, 1979 there is no more Cambodia today. So, Cambodian never forget the full support from the voluntary forces of our second Father, Mother, Brother and Sister of Vietnam.
Thank you Vietnam!
Thank you God Angle Hun Sen!
Thank you the greatest Victory of January 7, 1979.
CPP Political Headquarter
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
" Sihanoukist and Pol Potist, the GENOCIDE REGIME .."- You said
And today you and your CPP still worhsipping Sinhanouk !
Very funny, indeed.
Wrong 3:41 AM, dead wrong!
Yuon has been Khmer enemy for centuries. Yuon never stops nor has Yuon quit killing Khmer. There is a saying - A good Yuon is a dead Yuon!
Yuon plays many roles among which a killer and a pretender to save and ultimately conquer.
You 3:41 AM and all of your clique CPP can deny all you want but the fact remains that Cambodia will be Yuon as westernized with the word -Vietnamization.
Knowingly or unknowingly and under the nose of that dumb ass one-eye gangster HUN SEN, Yuon kills Khmer every day from P. Penh all the way to the country side - just like that babarian HUN SEN said - if "you dare talking about the border or YUON, you are talking about "coffin"!
Currently the buz word is - Whoever dares poking his nose around to find out, will be dead!
Tell that dumb ass one-eye gangster Hun Sen of yours to let loose of Khmer people if he so daring...and see what Cambodia will become!
5.48 AM
How come you know how to say right to the point ? So Cool.
1:13 AM,
why don't you go to Saigon/Ho Chi Minh city or Hanoi and see if the Viet there let you fuck their black dog ass, dumb ass!
4:45 AM,
The Cpp are not worshipping him, but, they used him to gain their political tools.
1- Used him to legalized government.
2- Used his popularity to win cambodian hearts.
3- Used his symbolic to win International Arena.
Now they finished with him, they kick him like ballon again and again.
So that means the monarchy will be done with like when the KR used it during the 1970-1975 war.
I heard the yuons tried to kidnap Sihanouk for Hun Xen in 1978 but didn't succeed.
I bet. When you work in tomato farm for too long, you'll hear all sort of shits out there.
Wonder what made Hun Sen Heang Samrin and Chea Sim running to Vietnam? or instead of Thailand? This must be because Vietnam was already inside Cambodia. The three men under their command had failed to fully taking control of the country. Therefore leading them to run to their Hanoi master directly and fast like lighting. Thailand on the other side seems so innocent and naiive to the Communist monster that was eating their neighbor right next door to them and did nothing to stop it. Imagine, if Cambodia was rescued by Thailand instead. United States would have jumped in right behind them and the country probably would be as misrable as today.
like 12:12p.m said, there would be no F* communist running around like they are today. Mr. Sam Rainsey had tried hard in France, but seemed uneffective. Half of France are deaf and are Communist themself. He couldn't do it fast enough and was too late,but thank you for keeping on fighting. You're alright.
Worst than that 12:18PM,
Most of Khmer-French websites in France are controlled by the Viet/French racist commie just as an example:
lesjeuneskhmers.com
khmer-network.com
and many more...
Similarly, so as KI.
And you are a jackass 5:23 AM. Get it?
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