Vietnamese "Bo-Doi" occupation army
The heads of the apsaras were ransacked by the Vietnamese after the invasion (Photo: Dany posted on Picasa)CPP-USA celebrates 07 January
06 January 2008
By Mayarith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The CPP office branch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, plans to celebrate the 07 January (invasion and occupation of Cambodia by Vietnam), in the evening of 05 January 2008 (US time) with the participation of Cambodian officials at the UN and several other party supporters coming from various US states.
Has Bora, the secretary-general of the CPP-Philadelphia office, announced the reason for this celebration, saying that: “On this day, the CPP branch office on Philadelphia organizes the 29th anniversary celebration (of the Vietnamese army’s more than one decade-long occupation of Cambodia, and its installation of the CPP puppet regime) which provided a new life to all of us, and this is the day that the (so-called) nationalists (working as puppets of the Vietnamese army) chased out the genocidal regime. Therefore, we celebrate this event to thanks our (Vietnamese) heroes who dedicated their lives to save the lives of Cambodians.”
The 07 January celebration will take place 2 days prior to the CPP celebration in Phnom Penh which will take place on 07 January 2008.
The ruling CPP party which supports the celebration of the 07 January, considers it as the day for the toppling of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979, and the CPP considers this day as a day providing it with a new birth out of the KR killing.
However, other political parties consider 07 January as a day of Vietnamese aggression (and more than decade long occupation) of Cambodia.
Has Bora, the secretary-general of the CPP-Philadelphia office, announced the reason for this celebration, saying that: “On this day, the CPP branch office on Philadelphia organizes the 29th anniversary celebration (of the Vietnamese army’s more than one decade-long occupation of Cambodia, and its installation of the CPP puppet regime) which provided a new life to all of us, and this is the day that the (so-called) nationalists (working as puppets of the Vietnamese army) chased out the genocidal regime. Therefore, we celebrate this event to thanks our (Vietnamese) heroes who dedicated their lives to save the lives of Cambodians.”
The 07 January celebration will take place 2 days prior to the CPP celebration in Phnom Penh which will take place on 07 January 2008.
The ruling CPP party which supports the celebration of the 07 January, considers it as the day for the toppling of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979, and the CPP considers this day as a day providing it with a new birth out of the KR killing.
However, other political parties consider 07 January as a day of Vietnamese aggression (and more than decade long occupation) of Cambodia.
