Yasith Chhun, who launched a failed coup in Cambodia in 2000 is serving a life sentence in prison in Pennsylvania. (Photo: Courtesy of Yasith Chhun)
Cambodian-American Yasith Chhun was living the American dream in California until the Long Beach accountant hatched a plot to try to overthrow Cambodia’s government.
The coup plot flopped, and Chhun landed in jail.
We talk to Chhun from a Pennsylvania penitentiary, and to a journalist who has chronicled the tale – Adam Piore.
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2 comments:
Chun Yasith had a very good idea, but bad plan. Nonetheless, he tried to SAVE our country.
We should thank him for that.
I adore his effort to save the country from outlaws and crooks. I wish I had known of the plan. Think of JFK trategies.
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