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| Ranariddh (2nd from left) and Nhiek Bun Chhay (R) during the anti-Vietnamese resistance |
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
Funcinpec party leader Nhek Bun Chhay marked the 15th anniversary of what he called the “factional fighting” of 1997, and what many have called a bloody coup that swept Prime Minister Hun Sen to power, by sharing some of his own experiences yesterday and blaming the entire mess on Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
He said that Ranariddh, who was then sharing the prime minister’s seat with Hun Sen, had asked Bun Chhay to meet with Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan without telling Hun Sen.
“This point caused uncertainty in the coalition government,” he said.
“Samdech Hun Sen asked to meet with Samdech Krom Preah [Ranariddh] to have a talk about these issues, but Samdech Krom Preah did not agree and went abroad. That’s what caused the event of July 5-6, 1997.”
When contacted yesterday, spokesman of the Norodom Ranariddh Party Pen Sangha said Bun Chhay was just scoring political points.
“Samdech Krom Preah [Ranariddh], actually, did not have any intention to create this event, because he was a winner of the election,” he said.
Over those two days in July, troops loyal to then-Second Prime Minister Hun Sen and First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who led Funcinpec at the time, fought street battles in Phnom Penh.
CPP troops emerged the victor, Ranariddh went into exile in France, and the Hun Sen-led CPP has won every subsequent election.
Bun Chhay also took the occasion yesterday to pass out copies of his two-volume biography, whose title roughly translates to “An Incredible Piece of Luck Among 1,000 Risks”.
Bun Chhay said that on July 6, he had withdrawn about 1,200 troops from Phnom Penh to Kampong Chhnang province, and after that, some troops were divided into small groups to escape as a guerrilla strategy.
His men were surrounded by CPP armed forces. They tried to escape and two of his commanders were killed in the process.
He then fled to the Cambodia-Thailand border where he led a resistance movement before eventually returning to Phnom Penh and rejoining political life.
18 comments:
Nhek Bun Chhay and Ranariddh both are womanizers and corrupt hence cannot lead
i told you, when we read history, it often boiled down to princely attitude that cause the country a great deal of pain and suffering. that's why we learned not o depend so much on one leader for anything anymore. it's better to have lots of competent leaders, than follow one incompetent, ineffective one, really. what happen if that one leader died from old age, etc if we depend too much on that one leader? think about it. monarchy is the best form of gov't on earth, but the downsize to it is that there is chaos follows the death of that one leader. cambodia should learn from that and stop looking up to one individual as leader; there should be more competent leaders for choice or cooperation,etc, but it is primitive and not wise or not smart to worship one leader. again, the rule of law is the best system for cambodia, not the one leader rule in any regime, i don't care when, that's stupid and should not be a culture and tradition if it's stupid, really. wake up people, life's too short. once we died, there's nothing after that, just wind and back to nature nothingness again, so think wisely about it. it's about continual life, and do the it right by surrounding ourselves with good, effective, competent, educated people, not the stupid, primitve ones at that, really. know something about the cycle of life, we born, we live, we die, it's the life cycle just like everything else on earth. so stop being hard on self and others, live by the rule of law so everyone can enjoy life and be happy under the rule of law, period. no exception, because it set a bad example for others, ok! wake up already; like the buddha said: "be enlightened", ok!
death is nothingness; it's the wind and the light we all see in our dream, that's death. we cannot feel or touch death; life after death is nothingness. look at it the before and after, there is nothing after, just before, that's all. wake up, people. there are more to cambodia now than the after life, ok! the after life is nothing matter, what matters more is the now or being alive, ok! wake up already and stop being stupid and ignorant forever, ok! have a rude awakening already while we are still alive, not after death, ok! human is all about physical touch, not nothingness, ok!
11:54 PM, ok, you have to stop smoking whatever shit you're on, and talk about something that you can actually walk.
i told you, they are outdated, you have to be mindful of time as in the computer age, not the stone age anymore, ok! once upon a time was different from today's world, really. stop being stupid and ignorant and primitive forever, really! there are more to cambodia than you and i, ok!
Nhek Bun Chhay was seen escaped sitting on back of a motorbike , before the fighting started , headed to the direction of Khmer- Thai border . He sold himself to CPP before armed conflict . He deserted his troop , along with others, money hungry FUNCINPEC officials . Mr. Hun Sen was in Vietnam getting plan and support . So , the event of 5-6 July 1977 was not a spur of moment , it was well planned .
THE NOMINEE GOES TO?
cho choo chook chooke...
hhhhhhhmmmmm.... EXCUSE ME...
THE WINNER IS MICKEY MOUSE!
I have told you not to trust Cambodian policticians. They will sell you and I to the highest bidder.
They sent many Cambodians to fight with the One Eye King and in the mean while, they fled to the back seat in the other direction.
Many of the Noro-Dumb Ran Ah Rid and the ugly Neak Bun Chhay 's followers were sent to prison and many were killed during the riots.
The bad evil prince Ran-Ah-Rid fled to French and enjoyed the Life Style of the Rich and Famous, until the money ran out. Then he came back to Cambodia and started another kissA** to the One Eye King w/o considered the people were killed because of him.
Cambodia politics worse than child play and it did not have any moral.
Don't trust the No-Ro-Dumb families. They are just like the son and the father and the father before him.
AH CHHAY WILL DIE, BECAUSE HIS LIED TO HIS MASTER.
AH CHHAY WILL DIE, BECAUSE HIS LIED TO HIS FORMER BOSS.
AH CHHAY WILL DIE BECAUSE HIS LIED TO HIS OWN PARTY AND FRIENDS FUNCINPEC.
AH CHHAY WILL DIE BY ROUN TASS BANH....PROURS WEAR NI YEAY KO HORKK etc.....!!!!
I READ YOUR BOOK ALREADY...YOU ARE LIED ABOUT JULY-5-6-1997. YOU SAYS, IT IS COUP-ETAT FROM HUN SEN FORCES MIXED WITH VIETNAM TROUPS UNDER KHMER MILITAIRY UNIFORMS.
AH ROUNTASS BANH
bun chay was right, it was more like "factional fighting", not "coup". people always politicize everything about cambodia; they are hypocrites themselves. anyway, nowadays, nobody cares about that anymore. now, it's about developing cambodia, about social development, reforms, fairness, and looking toward a better, brighter future for cambodia and all khmer people and citizens and all to enjoy, really. not about you, the whiners, ok! only logic people matters, not primitive, incompetent, ineffective outdated thinking people, ok!
Replied to 8:30 AM
No outdate thinking.
What 's about the One Eye King? He should stay in power forever?
He rule Cambodia for almost 40 years and the country still screw up?
Do You we are dumb are what?
Mr Ok, realy, realy,
Can you preach rthis to Hun Sen, your idol , as well, please. It sounds more like him from whatn yu said. With education like you cant see straight ? Don't excpect change even from educated one like you, no hope for Khmer.
stop whining about people in power too long or whatever, ok! where is the terms limit law? stop being primitive and incompetent and inefective, etc, ok! no terms limit law, no whining here, there and everywhere, ok! stop being stupid forever, ok!
again, terms limit law, terms limit law, terms limit law for the billion times, ok! that's how you operate under the rule of law, ok! stop being primitive and ignorant and stupid forever, ok! and stop whining here, there and anywhere, ok! and shut up, ok! show people you are smart and enlightened, not stupid and outdated and incompetent and ineffective, and primitive, ok!
Hey 12:19 PM,
President has to be limited, Hun Sen is a president, not a King! You support him because you're youn, or your families got benefit from him right?
You need to do some research re. terms for president, get it? Over 10 years is a dictator, not a president. Stop being ignorant, primitive, outdated and get educate
Replied to 12:19 PM
"stupid and outdated and incompetent and ineffective, and primitive, ok!"
You are very rude and uneducated.
Loser
Mr realy, ok,
You know nothing about rule of law. you have no clue what you are talking about, typical of hun sen supporters, they talk from their parrot mouth like robbot, no brain. in cambodia under yoiur idol hun sen, there is no rule of law. if thjere is one, please go back live there. i dare you go back and enjoy life under your ex-khmer rouge idol.
Noro-DUMB Rat-na-rith. Nhiek Booon Chhhay are looser and became slave of Viet Cong's slave.
These two are crook, corrupt, womanizer!
Bloggers have seen Mr.OK! Really!
You know!etc...almost every articles in KI.
Just ignore him!You will have peace in mind.
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