By Albeiro Rodas
Asian Correspondent
They were dominant among the people who created and controlled the myriad organizational entities over the stretch of the five stages in the rise and fall of Democratic Kampuchea.
The death of former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary last week closes definitively a window for justice in Cambodia. The verdict is delivered then by history. It does, however, represent the loss of a witness that could give valuable information on what was behind the thoughts and actions of the Kampuchea Democratic system. The death of Sary can be compared with the death in impunity of Saloth Sar (alias Pol Pot) on April 15, 1998. The only attempt at justice in Pol Pot’s case was a doubtful tribunal in the jungle led by Khmer Rouge guerrillas looking to gain favour in the new Cambodia.
The huge figure of Pol Pot seems to overshadow his powerful team. Pot Pot is compared to Hitler as the leader of a massive crusade against the people he considered an inconvenient to a nationalist ideal, the building of the Democratic Kampuchea with new people, new history, new hopes. But there are also comparisons to Stalin with his deep revolution, or a Mao Zedong with the jump to a total cultural revolution. Pot Pot seems to carry on his shoulders the whole responsibility of the Cambodian revolution that brought the disappearance of more than 1.7 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979.
However, placing sole responsibility for the atrocities on Pol Pot is a mistake. The Khmer Rouge leadership was very much a team. It was comprised of a rigid pyramidal structure with a strong group of magnetic personalities at the top. These personalities included Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan, Hu Nim, Hou Yuon, Son Sen, Khieu Thirith, Khieu Ponnary and, of course, Saloth Sar. As Craig Etcheson says:
They were dominant among the people who created and controlled the myriad organizational entities over the stretch of the five stages in the rise and fall of Democratic Kampuchea.
The leading team was bound at the same time by blood linkage, a curiosity if we compare it with the high control over family relations in Cambodia during the reign of the Khmer Rouge. This included forced marriages for procreation alone, and dividing the families as a strategy to control the feelings of Cambodians.
Ieng Sary married Ieng Thirith, whose original name was Khieu Thirith. She is the sister of Khieuu Ponnary, who is the first wife of Pol Pot. As she went insane, Pol Pot abandoned her and she died at the house of her sister Ieng Thirith in 2003. Thirith took the surname of her husband, Ieng Sary, against the Cambodian naming traditions. The former minister of social action is included also in the list of the most senior Kampuchea Democratic leaders to be prosecuted by the ECCC for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, but the tribunal dismissed her due to mental problems.
7 comments:
In 1970 ,hanoi ,vietcong bring the war to cambodia ,they killed many khmer people (civil,students,professors,police,soldiers)and they destroyed many khmer constructions:houses,schools,bridges),like they put the mine destroy the birdge chroy chanvar (if you want to know which bataillon of vietcong destroy bridge chroy chanvar ,you can ask chea sok ,he is high rank in CPP),and after 1975 ,many vietcong named khmer still hiding behind pol pot eang sary and continue to kill khmer people (eang sary is secret agent of hochiminh and he is student of hochiminh ,when he was a student at Paris ,eang sary went often to see hochimonh and get advise from him ), at the end of 1975 hanoi prime minister came to phnom penh to see pol pot eang sary to talk the plan to kill and destroy khmer people ,khmer culture ,and all khmer soul( Eang sary is brother in law of pol pot ,he has more power than pol pot ),at phnom penh hanoi prime minister congratulate pol pot eang sary ,hanoi prime minister said :pol pot eang sary did well they can evacuate the people from city to the field ,it's easy to kill ,after 1979 ,hanoi,vietcong stayed behind hun sen ,they still continue to kill khmer people by many way ,and until now it has many vietcong named khmer working in CPP government ( like Chuon prasit ,yim chhay ly, hoa nam hong ,Im sothy or Im you hay ,his real name is Le van hay and many more.....) ,the role of those hanoi vietcong is destroying and making khmer country weak from one day to day until hanoi swallow khmer country complete .We have to know the true ,we have to learn and we protect the future ,so why let hanoi ,vietcong stay outside of the law,and laugh behind khmer victim ,we have to bring hanoi vietcong to the international court with khmer rouge leaders too .
- chuon prasit ,his father is real vietcong ,khmer people chase him from phnom penh to vietnam in lon nol regime .
- Im sothy or Im you hay real name Le van hay ,in lon nol regime he is member of khmer student (with koy pech ,thou thon ,san that ),but he is secret agent of vietcong ,he work for hanoi,vietcong ,after April 17 1975 ,he escape to vietnam ,he became police commander at saigon and his real name is Le Van Hay .
-Hoa nam hong meaning (flower five seasons)
look at the work of those hanoi,vietcong it has no quality for khmer people they just work for more interest for hanoi.
Should Cambodia ban foreign born citizens from running the country???
Yes,Cambodia should be banned all foreign's born to serve as gov't officials starting from governorship to state representative or law maker.Only cambodian who born in Cambodia eligible to run for office and background must be checked to prevent yuon from pretence to be Khmer and run for higher office that will lead Cambodia to be Yieknamization of Indochina federation again.Please only cambodian born can be eligibled to serve as President of Cambodia.
Kmenhwatt
This guy is a Khmer Vietminh born in Vietnam, became a Khmer Rouge and join Pol Pot then join CPP, yet the journalist still denies the Vietnamese involvement in the genocide of the Khmer people but blames the Chinese?
Ieng Sary.
Ieng Sary was a powerfull man between 1975-1979 but he was not brother number 2 he is brother number 3.
Angkar or the Central committee between 1975-1979 there are 7 powerfull members as fellow:
1. Pol POt.
2. Nuon Chea.
3. Ieng Sary.
4. So Phim.
5. Vorn Veth.
6. Son Sen.
7. Ta Mok.
Note: Keo Meas was a member of Central committe but was arrested in 1975 and sent to S 21 other senior former Khmer Viet Minh who became senior Khmer Rouge or Angkar or member of central committe between 1975-1978 as follow:
1. Keo Meas.
2. So Phim.
3. Norn Suorn.
4. Rhos Ngim.
5. Ney Sarann.
6. And mamy more.
So majority of Khmer Rouge between 1975-1978 were former Khmer Viet Minh inclduing Hegn Samrin and Chea Sim.
I loved oum Sary, u are my Hero..
you real khmer patriot,,,
At the time he was born Vinh Binh was Cambodian territory. South Vietnam was Cambodian territory until 1949.
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