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Monday 5 November 2012

Say No to Betrayal, but Yes to Loyalty to the Khmer Nation

'Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monuments' like this one have sprung up all over Cambodia's cities and population centres since the fall of the KR regime in 1979. The embedded emblem and message to Cambodians is not confined to "fraternal solidarity" and friendship between the two countries alone, but also to the tragedy and chaos that called for Vietnam's armed intervention in Cambodia in the late 1970s, and hence to the Cambodian people's scared psyche or sub-conscious fear and distrust of their own instinctive nationalistic feelings towards Vietnam's historical aggression that can be said to have ironically and in reality spurned and provoked that reaction in the first instance. The large numbers of Cambodians turning up to mourn the late N Sihanouk's death are also a testimony to their anxiety and fear of an uncertain future, and to what may happen in a new era minus one of their country's most enduring and pivotal national figures, for whatever reasons - School of Vice [credit: google]
The Chams had lost all that mattered to them as a distinct cultural entity and people. Their records and history as a once  proud and glorious nation whose artistic and cultural achievements rival those of Angkor are today reduced to no more than relegated relics of the past and objects of visitor curiosity on display at museums like this one in Da Nang's Cham Musem. Whilst Vietnam's government and tourism authorities seek to promote Vietnam as a colourful "multi-ethnic" destination made up of distinct cultural groups, the outward projection of racial, ethnic harmony betrays sharply the reality and legacy of systematic violence that had in recent centuries been [and arguably still being] directed towards dismembering minority groups to fit them into the cast iron blue print of auto-cultural genocide and against a largely alien, unhappy imposed experience that is "Vietnamisation" in practice - School of Vice [flickriver.com  

by Anonymous Author
It is so so sad and hurtful for me to hear my respected Dr. Lao Mong Hai to even speak those words of letting go and forgetting the Khmer ancestral islands and territory in the hands of the predatory Vietnamese. This is so so outrageous. This was how the Cham people lost their territory to the Viets. According to the written records of the Cham people, their leaders finally SURRENDERED and GAVE UP the very own ancestral remaining territory to the Vietnamese predatory invaders. The Chams of the time were completely crashed emotionally and heartbroken beyond repairs. They protested bitterly, but it was their unfaithful, low-spirited, foolish, stupid Cham leaders of the time who signed away their very last remaining refuge to the control of the Vietnamese. Look at the Cham people in Vietnam now. They are the most pathetic, looked down upon, fallen human beings surrounded by jeering Viets. The Chams lost their natural names and language and customs and all their Chamness completely. Even when they became the leaders of the Viets, they still did nothing for recognition of their Cham brothers and sisters. Nothing to improve the lives of the Chams were made into law during the administrations of the Pham Van Dong of the North Vietnam, and Nuygen Van Thieu of South Vietnam. Look at those names, and one might think they were ethnic Vietnamese, but NO, the fact is they were of ethnic Cham. Look at the Khmer refugees stuck in Vietnam. They too had to change their names (first and last) into the Vietnamese name and became Vietnamese citizens if they want to participate in the Vietnamese dominated society. 




I don't know why my respected Dr. Lao Mong Hai even chose to speak those words of surrendering and giving up the Khmer ancestral land and islands to the Viets. Was he a quitter before he got his doctoral degree? The answer is NO! Especially, the Koh Tral Island, the Cambodians still have THE Chance in the international court because the wording of Breve and continuous claims from King Ang Duong. If Dr. Lao Mong Hai is a LOSER and a QUITTER, then he should just keep his comments to himself and not saying anything at all. 

This is an act of treason. Looking back at Khmer historical records, I become so disappointed at the numerous insider traitors of the Khmer nation and people. For example, even during the last blooming of the Angkorean Era, there were some Khmer-Indian Brahmin families who betrayed their Angkorean King and went to side with the Siamese invaders. Then later on, there was a Khmer governor who betrayed the Khmer King and ceded some Khmer western provinces to the Thai control. Then in the eastern part of the country, there was a Chinese man by the name of Maccau whom the Khmer King bestowed upon the title of governor and he too later on betrayed the very Khmer King by siding with the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty and ceding the some of the Khmer eastern provinces to the Vietnamese control. Do you recall also when the Khmer Angkorean King trusted completely his Angkor-trained-and-raised Lao son-in-law Fa Ngoun whom the King made into a general of the Khmer Army of 10,000 men. Fa Ngoun also betrayed the Khmer King and grabbed Khmer ancestral territory for his Lao people. If we keep reading into the details of the Khmer historical records, we will understand that the Thais were able to free themselves from the Khmer because they pretended to work for the Khmer Kings, but then they started to take over the Khmer province of Sokhotai. The Angkorean King also trusted a Cham general to administer Champa on behalf of the Khmer King in Angkor, but this Cham general turned around and liberated his country instead. 

The Khmers learned very well of the details how the Vietnamese came to occupy their territory and eventually carve it up to be theirs. It was during one Khmer King's reign who at his Vietnamese wife's request ALLOWED the settlement of just a few landless Vietnamese people in the Khmer territory. Look at those areas now. The Viets took over them completely, squeezed the Khmer people out, and now they changed the Khmer names to Saigon and other Vietnamese-sounding names. The Khmer also learned very well how the Chinese played some effective roles in facilitating the invaders to conquer the Khmer people. Remember, it was the Chinese emissary who trained the Cham soldiers to invade the mighty Khmer Angkor City. Remember also that it was the Chinese gunpowder invention that enabled the Vietnamese to push back the Khmer warriors successfully. Also, it was the Mongols from China who caused the great migrations of the Thai and Lao people into the Khmer empire. 

So I guess Dr. Lao Mong Hai is one of those special Khmers of ethnic Chinese who chooses to be happy to see the Khmer territory dismembered by the surrounding predatory neighbors. 

My question remains is: When will this pattern of betraying STOP! When will it STOP! Say NO! to betrayal, but do Say YES to the Loyalty of the Khmer Nation!

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

I Kmenhwatt,applause you an article writer above from a distance! I wish that many educated khmers willing to stand with khmers'nationalism to voice against Yuon colonization in purpose of eradication of our[khmers] identity like they have done successfully to Chams people.

I am very sad to see the person that respect greatly lecturing on behaft of our adversary (Yuon)for many centuries,some one like Dr Lao mong Hay sold out his soul for money and fame to side with Yuon Yiekcong against his own conscience and his own country[Cambodia] Please with all due respect I'd prefered to shut my lips tied if I were you refuse to say anything against my own country or my own conscience.

Its very sad that Cambodia kept on produce highly educators but they all use their highly intellect to betrayed her(Cambodia) when all these going to stop? When are we going to stand and united as one voice to protect and defend our small nation for our survival to the next generations of khmers? Take a look at your khmer's brotherents in kampuchea krom and asking yourself we want to live under heavy weight of suppression from Yiekcong? Yiekcong will not stop until Cambodia is under its submission like Chams people or Laos.We khmers must stop Yuon from colonization our country by any means necessary......

Anonymous said...

Dr. Lao Mong Hai is right, he's a forward , progressive thinker. There is no point fighting anymore. Americans have a saying "if you can't fight them, join them". That is what we should do. We should be united as one country, no matter who's running the country.

Anonymous said...

I sense that the Khmer Krom crowd in gaining too much influence on the opposition groups. I want to hear School Of Vice give his strategy on liberating Srok Khmer from youns. What is the point of including Khmer Krom into the platform. Wouldn't it be easier for the struggle to free youns from Cambodia be focused on Khmer issues only? When we include too many issues into the platform, nothing will get done. For example, if we only focus Khmer Krom and Koh Tral, what about the internal problems inside Cambodia? Are we putting too much on the plates that we can't finish eating? Are we distracting our attention from just rescue the nation? Although we need support from Khmer Krom, but they should not dominate all our energy.

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful monument, nice and clean surroundings, very picturesque, a great tourist attraction indeed. The monument represents the heroic sacrifice of Vietnamese soldiers made for millions of Cambodians, thus, preserving the future generations of Cambodians and Khmer cultures as we know it today. All Cambodians should hold dear in their hearts the enduring love and supports Vietnamese had made for them. Cambodians should nurture Vietnam-Cambodia friendship and work towards preserving good neighborliness, traditional friendship, peace and stability, and comprehensive cooperation between our two countries.

Anonymous said...

If you can't beat'em joint'em? Well,you're saying that we can't beat Yuon joint Yuon to let Yuon Yiekcong colonization to eliminates us? What's if you can't beat don't associate with them and fight them until you beat them? Have you hear that " persistence wins resistance?" Spring good for nothing if its has no resistances.I think you're give up too soon or trying easy way out willing to live under suppression of Yiekcong as long as you get little benefits from them.Fight a good fight don't give up or give in without trying.

Anonymous said...

Yes your Yuon gains land that you Yuon parents stolen from Khmer.You know danm well that Khmer will take Yuon to ICJ soon thatwise your govt bamper Hun sen and trying calm khmers nationalism to support Yuon to let Yuon Yiekcong colonization and steal from khmers more land....Friend don't steal from friend.....Friend like Yuon Khmer don't needs it,better off without it....

Yobal Khmer

Anonymous said...

5 November 2012 7:43 AM,

Lets start by allowing the Khmer Krom to fully exercise their rights to freedom and religion. At the moment the Khmer Krom are living in fear, oppression, and are often detained with no rights. On the other hand, your Vietnamese families freely allowed to live illegally in Cambodia, with more rights then Khmer Krom, who often fled their their homeland.

Also as I recount, wasnt that you Vietnamese that created the war in South East Asia, leading the Americans to bomb and killed millions of Khmer, and on the other hand train the Khmer Rouge Pol Pot and the likes to kill Khmer? Again, installing the Khmer Rouge commander Hun Sen as a pet to continue to allow the Vietnamese to continue acts of treason for our resources such as the 2012 Land Treaty, forcing the Hun Sen government to concede further land to your Vietnamese government?

MK

Anonymous said...

Let's not be too harsh on Dr. Lao. He is a patriot, not a traitor. He speaks from the perspective of an academic, not of a patriot or nationalist. He is right in saying that we must not spend too much time in trying to contemplate a return of Kampuchea Krom or Koh Tral. I agree that the issue of these two territories is a fait accompli- no doubt that Vietnam had fully controlled it. However, I disagree with him in the fact that we must not stop talking about this issue. He gave an example about Denmark losing two provinces. Dr. Lao should give an example about the independence of East Timor, Kosovo, many states in the former Soviet Union like Georgia, Ukraine and the states of the former Yugoslavian federation, like Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro. The states I have mentioned, especially East Timor and Kosovo, were all considered a fait accompli, that they have no chance of being independent, but they did get their independence.
I however, request that we tone down our attacks on Dr. Lao. He is entitled to his opinion. I don't think he had changed his stance and joined the dictatorship of Hun Sen. Please bear in mind that he is an academic and he speaks from an academic point of view and not from a nationalistic emotion. Don't allow our emotion to take over our critical thinking. Analytic thinking, like what Dr. Lao had presented, will provide us with thought and time to reflect what we can do best to protect, defend or a possible reclaiming of our lost territory.

Dr. Lao must have had a nightmare in the last few days because of the rude and personal attacks on him.

Anonymous said...

If Dr Lao, is a khmer patriot and not a Khmer traitor.

He should not sway the Khmer people from our Khmer land and our Khmer families, who continue continue to suffer under the opressive Vietnamese government.

Khmer currently faces many issues such as force eviction, land eviction, natural resources, illegal timber, illegal trading, all steming from noone else other then the Vietnamese and the Hun Sen government.

Dr Lao is wrong, if he wants Khmer around the world to accept his speech as an academic perspective. This is more stupid then listening to Hun Sen making a 5 hours speech about ceding Khmer land to the Vietnamese in the 2012 Land treaty.

Anonymous said...

I agree with you if you dumb and biased shut your mouth don't say shit against your conscience Dr mong hay is wrong for voicing his opinion on yuob's side.

Anonymous said...

MK 9:03 AM

There is no such thing as khmer krom, it doesn’t exist, it is just a figment of imagination created by a few fanatical Cambodians in order to shamelessly and illegally claim other people’s land. There is no international recognition of khmer krom, constantly rehashing the same fantastical story does not make it true. No one is living in fear or oppression in Vietnam, including ethnic khmer minority. Ethnic Khmers in Vietnam have religious rights and many other rights afforded to them, they are living happily in Vietnam, you can see it on youtube.

Overseas Cambodians are not in the position to determine the status of Vietnamese in Cambodia, that is the job of the CPP. Since Hun Sen allows the Vietnamese to stay in Cambodia, that makes their present legal, if anyone has a problem with that, bring it up with the Cambodian government.

Your version of history is wrong. Everyone knows, including the American people, that the US fabricated the Tonkin gulf incident to wage an illegal war, the Vietnamese were the brave defenders of their country, and they won. No, the Vietnamese did not train or support the khmer rouge, everyone knows China was the principle backer of khmer rouge. Huns Sen was a former khmer rouge who fought against the khmer rouge and liberated Cambodia. The existence of Cambodia as we know it today, its people and culture, is the result of the CPP great accomplishments.

Anonymous said...

2:24 PM
For the first time I hear from a Cambodian on this blog who speaks the truth, very balanced view, unbiased. If we all are sincere like you, Cambodia is so united and we can defend our country forever. Unfortunately we got too many distractors who had done nothing but divide, very negative .

Anonymous said...

Nice try. We know only a Youn, would say that it was the CHinese that created the genocide of the Khmer people and that Khmer Krom is an imaginary world in the eyes of us Cambodians.

You sound like you never had any education into the history of Khmer people. I suggest you educate yourself as there are plenty of evidence of the Vietnamese invasion followed by another genocide.

Vietnamese liberation is in your imagination. Youn CPP dog.

Anonymous said...

To 5 November 2012 2:24 PM,

Fortunately, there’s a few of brainwashed guys by CPP like this in Cambodia, we are lucky enough for now and not letting such a bunch of brainwashed guys to spread their ideologies all over Srok Khmer. If there are 70% of Khmer people believed this guy (5 November 2012 2:24 PM,) is right, it’s done and Cambodia is at a point of no return.

Anonymous said...

without khmer allow them to use the ho ch minh trail the usa will bomb them to extinction