Monday, July 18, 2011

Royal Decree promulgating the "puny" army size in Cambodia in 1948: 5,000 soldiers altogether


http://www.box.net/shared/7pbnb7c6agp501m4mzi9

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

that was then, this is now! one can also say about phnom penh then with a population of 100,000, and now over 2 millions, etc, you see! it's just history!

Anonymous said...

Great peice of history, KI media. Much appreciated yoru posting it.

Anonymous said...

Time changed.Everything must be
changed.Large became small and
small became large.
Khmer empire had 1,000,000 km2
square,and now Cambodia has
181,o35 km2 square.
The Khmer empire had 3,000,000
people in Angkor Thom,Angkor wat,
but now has 171,800 people in the
whole province,not in city.

Anonymous said...

Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten

By Ms. Rattana Keo

Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?

Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?

Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?

The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.

Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?

Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?

Smart Khmer girl, President Ms. Rattana Keo,

Anonymous said...

I would agree with you,
Ms.Rattana Keo.
Khmer could protect Khmer land
from Thai,they could protect it
from Vietnam.
Khmer people are not afraid of
Thailand.How come they are afraid
of Vietnam?
ខ្ញុំយល់ស្របតាមអ្នកស្រី,
អ្នកស្រី រតនា កែវ
ពលរដ្ធខ្មែរអាចការពារដីខ្មែរពីថៃដោយ
ស្ថាពរ ដូច្នេះ អ្នកទាំងនោះក៏អាចការពារពី
យួនដែរ។ខ្មែរឥតខ្លាចញញើតថៃទេ។
ហេតុអ្វី គេនឹងខ្លាចយួននោះ?
J'étais d'accord avec vous,
M.Rattana Keo
Le peuple Khmer n'avaient pas
peur de protéger leur pays
avec la Thailande,quoi donc ils
n'avaient pas peur avec le
Vietnam?