Written by Neth Pheaktra and Sebastian Strangio
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Phnom Penh Post
KING Father Norodom Sihanouk (pictured) has lashed out at critics from his Beijing residence, accusing journalists of waging a "war" against him, apparently in reaction to a recent French documentary of the monarch.
"Some journalists (French and other Westerners) have just relaunched their war against me, Norodom Sihanouk, treating me as corrupt, dictatorial, greedy [and] bloodthirsty when I was in power in Cambodia," he said in a seven-page message released Monday.
The former King then reasserted the legacy of his 1953-70 rule, claiming he enjoyed widespread popular support.
"The Khmer people decided by themselves with sovereignty and liberty to give me and the Sangkum Reastr Niyum power over the state," he wrote.
"If I was corrupt, I would not have been loved like this."
The letter was released in seeming response to a documentary of the monarch screened on French television on the evening of February 23.
The Nine Lives of Norodom Sihanouk, directed by Gilles Cayatte, covers Sihanouk's life between 1941 and 2004, including interviews and rare archival footage of the monarch.
Sihanouk's official biographer Julio Jeldres has also slammed the film's "great arrogance" and "comprehensive awfulness", accusing director Cayatte of distorting Sihanouk's story.
"I believe that [the documentary] is a crude exercise to paint as black as possible a picture of Norodom Sihanouk," he said in a commentary to the film issued in March.
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Phnom Penh Post
KING Father Norodom Sihanouk (pictured) has lashed out at critics from his Beijing residence, accusing journalists of waging a "war" against him, apparently in reaction to a recent French documentary of the monarch.
"Some journalists (French and other Westerners) have just relaunched their war against me, Norodom Sihanouk, treating me as corrupt, dictatorial, greedy [and] bloodthirsty when I was in power in Cambodia," he said in a seven-page message released Monday.
The former King then reasserted the legacy of his 1953-70 rule, claiming he enjoyed widespread popular support.
"The Khmer people decided by themselves with sovereignty and liberty to give me and the Sangkum Reastr Niyum power over the state," he wrote.
"If I was corrupt, I would not have been loved like this."
The letter was released in seeming response to a documentary of the monarch screened on French television on the evening of February 23.
The Nine Lives of Norodom Sihanouk, directed by Gilles Cayatte, covers Sihanouk's life between 1941 and 2004, including interviews and rare archival footage of the monarch.
Sihanouk's official biographer Julio Jeldres has also slammed the film's "great arrogance" and "comprehensive awfulness", accusing director Cayatte of distorting Sihanouk's story.
"I believe that [the documentary] is a crude exercise to paint as black as possible a picture of Norodom Sihanouk," he said in a commentary to the film issued in March.
2 comments:
C'est la realité!. Qu'est ce que vous voulez?. Comme ce Sdeach Ta a souvent parlé quand il était au pouvoir: Vous verrez mes Kaun Chao, l'histoire va juger ce qui a tort et ce qui est traitre!.
Et en ce moment l'Histoire va commencer... Pas la peine de se faire des éloges soi même. La réalité ne changera pas. Les autres ne sont pas des idiots. Ils(ces les autres)ont fait des réflexions pendant des décennies. Alors que ce Sdeach Ta vivait toujours heureux dans le parlai royal en Chine et en Korée oubliant tout: la misère du peuple khmer.
Alors arrêtez de dire des mensonges! Ce qui est au contraire des cinq préceptes bouddhiques.
Quelle honte!
C'est vrai !!
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