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CambodiaWatch Team, Australia
We are saddened by the news that our former monarch has died in Beijing today aged 89. We would like to offer our deepest condolences and sympathy to the Cambodian royal families during this hard time.
This is not just a great loss for the Khmer royal families but also for the Khmer people and nation as a whole.
For nearly a century he worked tirelessly to advance his people and country. He gained independence from the French and brought Cambodia into modernity. While the Vietnam War was raging on in neighbouring countries; for many years, he had managed to steer the country out of the war.
During the 1980s while the Vietnamese troops were invading and occupying Cambodia, King Sihanouk played a major role in forming and leading the resistance movement to evict them out of the country which later resulted in the Paris Peace Conference in 1991.
In the 1960s while many Southeast Asian countries were backward in development, but Cambodia under his rule was visibly advanced, according to a group of Australian students who noticed the differences while travelling the regions.
Among the Asian leaders from the Vietnam War Era, he survived the longest and was the last to pass away. And with his passing Cambodia has entered a new era and new chapter of history.
Despite his flaws during his life, he was a figure of stability and durability for Cambodia and hope for the majority of poor rural Khmer people; and we hope that history will judge him kindly and fairly.
We also pray that his absence will act as a unifying force and defining moment in bringing Khmer leaders of all political persuasions closer togther for the sake of our national healing and reconciliation and for the long term survival of our country, and may our current rulers be enlightened with humanity, justice and kindess in their hearts toward their long suffering Khmer people.
May Your soul rest in peace and, thank you so much, Your Majesty, for all the hard works and sacrifices you have done for the Nation and Khmer people.
CambodiaWatch Team, Australia
7 comments:
Sihanouk is Gangnam Style, Gangnam Style
Eh-Sexy Lady, Sihanouk is Gangnam Style
Eh-Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh
What are the differences between King Norodom Sihanouk and PM Hun Sen?
Can anyone out there explain the diffrence between King Norodom Sihanouk and PM Hun Sen in detail? as we khmers young generation are so mess up very badly.
Advancing his people....by giving one bag of rice and a roll of cloth every now and then?
It was his patronage system of government that led Cambodia to now. The same system is still in place, being practised by his supporters. Like all Khmer powerful people, he had the chance to build Cambodia for all Cambodians, but decided to use Cambodia as his personal property instead.
Why not teach Khmer doctors to become better, instead of going to China for personbal medical needs? Was he thinking about Cambodia when he used the country's resources for his visits to China?
As a human being, I feel sad that another human being had died. But as a Khmer, I am glad that one more useless, power-hungry person had gone to meet uncle Ho.
អ្នកសម្លាប់ខ្មែរវាល់លាននាក់គឺអាយួនយៀកកុង,
និងអាហ៊ុន សែន អាមេអបគមន៍!
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មិនមែន SIHANOUK & POL POT ទេ!
Burn his body over there (China). Don't bring back to Cambodia. He was a Traitor to Khmer people. The Khmer people have suffered enough by him. He did not respect even his own mother. He was an evil king . He should be alive until he can serve his punishement in the Khmer Rouge trail. Please don't forget he was the person who killed Lok Protean Sam Rainsy's father.
Pang Sokheoun, Secretary-General of SRP in Sweden.កុលបុត្រមហានគរខ្មែរ
Azzhole just die
Now my blood pressure is going down.
Hell people are waiting for this stupid King
ខ្មែរអស់ស្រុក!..ទៅជា ÑÂM̀B́ƠĐỈÂហើយ!
ហ្នឹង!នៅតែមិនទាន់ដឹងខ្លួនទៀត។
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ក៏ព្រោះតែខ្មែរចាញ់កលល្បិចយុទ្ធសាស្ត្រសត្រូវ(បំបែកបំបាក់ខ្មែរ)របស់
អាយួនយៀកកុងនិងអាហ៊ុន សែន(CPP)ពេលនេះ....ខ្មែរខំបៀមអាចម៍ព្រួសដាក់គ្នា!...
ព្រួសអាចម៍ដាក់គ្នា....ដល់ណាទៀត?
ពួកវាអរណាស់!
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អ្នកសម្លាប់ខ្មែរវាល់លាននាក់គឺអាយួនយៀកកុង,
និងអាហ៊ុន សែន អាមេអបគមន៍!
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មិនមែន NORODOM SIHANOUK & POL POT ទេ!
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