Pol Pot in Anlong Veng. The Pol Pot cult instituted by his former followers is a serious insult on Cambodian people.By Ethan Plaut
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Retired King Norodom Sihanouk decried what he said was a growing revisionist movement to cast the late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot as a national hero in comments posted on his Web site on Monday.
He wrote in response to media reports about a Buddhist ceremony held on the eighth anniversary of Pol Pot’s death in Oddar Meanchey province's Anlong Veng district, on April 15.
"There are now and henceforth a growing number of Khmer men and women in our 'fatherland of Ankgor,' Kampuchea, who are deciding and shall decide to make the super-diabolical POL POT (Saloth Sar) into an Immortal National Hero, a 'God,' the future savior of Cambodia," Norodom Sihanouk wrote in a message dated April 20.
Followers of Pol Pot brought offerings of food and incense to the site of his cremation on April 15, as did superstitious people hoping he would offer them luck.
"They make pilgrimages to the tomb of the new 'Tevoda'-'God' POL POT to burn sticks of incense and candles so that the beloved Pol Pot should experience Heaven instead of Hell and so that as soon as possible he should be reborn on our earth," Norodom Sihanouk wrote.
He added that he hoped that if Pol Pot were to return, the current government would remain in power.
"Supposing then that Mr Pol Pot were reborn in 2007, we must pray then our dear and irreplaceable Samdech [Prime Minister] Hun Sen should remain at the helm of our 'fatherland of Angkor' until the age of 94," he added.
Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, said he believes revisionist supporters of Pol Pot are a slim minority of the population.
He added that former soldiers and party faithful have never reintegrated into society at large because the policy of national reconcilialion has failed.
But Youk Chhang said, the lack of quality education about history in high schools leaves some young students without a full understanding of what happened.
"It’s back to the question of high school curriculum...and how much you learn to think critically," he said.
He wrote in response to media reports about a Buddhist ceremony held on the eighth anniversary of Pol Pot’s death in Oddar Meanchey province's Anlong Veng district, on April 15.
"There are now and henceforth a growing number of Khmer men and women in our 'fatherland of Ankgor,' Kampuchea, who are deciding and shall decide to make the super-diabolical POL POT (Saloth Sar) into an Immortal National Hero, a 'God,' the future savior of Cambodia," Norodom Sihanouk wrote in a message dated April 20.
Followers of Pol Pot brought offerings of food and incense to the site of his cremation on April 15, as did superstitious people hoping he would offer them luck.
"They make pilgrimages to the tomb of the new 'Tevoda'-'God' POL POT to burn sticks of incense and candles so that the beloved Pol Pot should experience Heaven instead of Hell and so that as soon as possible he should be reborn on our earth," Norodom Sihanouk wrote.
He added that he hoped that if Pol Pot were to return, the current government would remain in power.
"Supposing then that Mr Pol Pot were reborn in 2007, we must pray then our dear and irreplaceable Samdech [Prime Minister] Hun Sen should remain at the helm of our 'fatherland of Angkor' until the age of 94," he added.
Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, said he believes revisionist supporters of Pol Pot are a slim minority of the population.
He added that former soldiers and party faithful have never reintegrated into society at large because the policy of national reconcilialion has failed.
But Youk Chhang said, the lack of quality education about history in high schools leaves some young students without a full understanding of what happened.
"It’s back to the question of high school curriculum...and how much you learn to think critically," he said.
13 comments:
The damn former king trying to kiss hun sen's ass by say "we must pray then our dear and irreplaceable Samdech [Prime Minister] Hun Sen should remain at the helm of our 'fatherland of Angkor' until the age of 94," so that he can get the FUCINPEC party back in power. As a result, Ranaridh will be back in the government and ready to steal more money. There are alot of people out there that are better than hun sen that can prevent pol pot from taking the power if he ever comes back as he believes. Why only hun sen can do the job until he's 94 years old. Perhaps, this is the first step in his political strategy to be in coalition with hun sen again by praising hun sen as an irreplaceable leader. Come on old man!, why don't you die already.
Mr.Sihanouk is the father of killing fields and dumbfools.Why doesn't he saty the hell out of Cambodia until rotten in soy bean sauce.What a dumbfool
I agree with all of your comments. These so called Khmer leaders are nothing but a bunch of 3 year old children.Changing their story every day. It is sad to say that Cambodia is like a kindergarten with kids running the show. But guess what? The Khmer neighbors love these fools. The are easy to deal with...They would do anything for a few dollars.
Yes, all ideas are true. Mr. Sihanou is a clever man and his clever is benifit for his Vietnamese Nation only. Everyone forget about what he had said before. He said : He want so see all Khmer people die and suffer before he dead. SIHANOUS IS NOT KHMER AND ALSO NOT MANUSA. His body is Manusa but his mind is evil.
I agree with all everybody comment. I am so sick of stupid King . He is so chicken. He did not care about Khmer peoples. He only cares about his stupid movie and his crazy music in some where else. Let him be happy before he dies, but I think, he must have a bad dream everyday because of what he has done with Khmer Rouge in the past that make many Khmer peoples death.
The former king is stupid and so is his son. All they care about is having sex and make movie. They don't care about the country, that's why the country is so poor. Whoever vote for FUNCIPEC is also stupid like they are.
Mr.Sihanouk is a politic animal and will die as one. He thinks no one better than him.Once was Ho chi Minh dog,he will die as the same. Doo mae ah xakaer buon choeung stop barking.
There is nobody in their sick mind that want aah Pol Pot to be resurrected or even consider of placing him into an Immortal National Hero! No freaky way, FOR WHAT??? for killing close to over 2 millions Khmer people? For your family and mine to have lost so many siblings and relatives? For turning a school into a living hell known as S-21 (Tol Sleng) for people to suffer a cruel slow death from the hand of a 16 years old kids?...No Khmer people want that.. Only this old King’s twisted mind which he wants to be re-unite with aahh POL POT
King you’ll meet aah Pol Pot in Hell shortly, you cock sucker!!.. you missed your Number One man (aa Pol Pot) so much that you want him to be re-born so you can resume your broke back mountain once again...cause your wife is too old for you.
This stupid King has the nerve to say that so many people make pilgrimages to aa Pol Pot’s tomb hoping that aah Pol Pot spirit would bring them luck...Yeahhh really.....Anybody associate with aa Pol Pot will go to hell and burn for a million times as ass Pol Pot right now..
Man, if aa Pol Pot is to reborn by next year 2007 just like aas stupid King noted....then there something is wrong with GOD.....if an man is as evil as a POL POT who dies in 1998 and came back on Earth..Only been serving 9 years in Hell..Then I have no more faith with GOD....There's something wrong. This man need to stay in Hell for eternity.
This King is gay, He hallucinated...and his mind is very fucked up...Not just him but look at all family especial his sons and daughters... the way the speak....it make me laughs...they are so retard and have mental issue. Can't just be the king like everbody else and stay out from politic, but instead chose to get his feet wet in politic, look at what happen to Cambodia now?
I hope this upcoming tribunal…will bring this King and other Khmer Rouge Loosers out of the closet and hold them accountable for their stupid politic that caused so many innocent lives lost during their unlease hell on Earth. Sick Mother Fuckers..
Koon Khmer ,
I agree with your idea. I just love what you have said in your comment, Hay! We have the same idea and same thought. I am so proud of you Koon Khmer! The stupid king had sick mind and sick brain. He is not a King, he is animal, a crazy dog that has now where to live.
what did he thinks?..stupit..don't mention about this thmirl any more!..i think he, dr. sihanuok should be hang and parade around the country,, and tell the Vietcong and it puppets to get out of Cambodia right away!!..
Informative indeed. I have never heard of him but upon reading your post, he gained my respect. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful entry.
is it possible if polpot is a spy from indochina party ...
Pol Pot is short for "Politique Potentiale". It is an ideological idea that Saloth Sar was following to free Cambodia from oppression and corruption. Saloth Sar was BETRAYED and was NOT the one responsible for the genocide. If you want to point fingers, do it at Ta Mok, who was also part of lifting Hun Sen to the PM Chair. The betrayers then fabricated stories and twisted the truth to protect their own agenda.
Saloth Sar WAS a hero!!!... and I heard a foreigner in Battambang just payed an artist to make a 3 meter high statue of Sar to honor him.
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