CAMBODIA: KHMER ROUGE DENY THEY ARE ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2015
- (31 Mar 1998) Thai/Khmer/Nat
The Khmer Rouge denied on Tuesday that its guerrilla army was on the verge of collapse - despite having lost control of a seemingly impregnable stronghold in northern Cambodia.
But the last die-hard faction of the revolutionary group - still at war with the government - is becoming more isolated.
Cambodia's government has shown that it has taken control of Preah Vihear, the Khmer Rouge's long-held base at a historic hilltop temple.
The government also claimed that the breakaway faction had been evicted from its northern Cambodian headquarters of Anlong Veng and were on the run.
Preah Vihear - an 800-year-old clifftop edifice on the border with Thailand - has long been considered impregnable.
But the Khmer Rouge apparently handed control over to troops loyal to Cambodian strongman Hun Sen without a fight.
The 80 guerrillas, who had controlled the mountaintop since 1993, met some 50 government soldiers face-to-face on Monday.
They said they preferred to negotiate a peace deal than fight.
SOUNDBITE: (Khmer)
"We don't want the bloodshed to go any more between Khmer and Khmer. We wanted to switch sides a long time ago."
SUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop
SOUNDBITE: (Khmer)
"We wanted peace, but we dare not give up for two reasons. We were afraid of being put in jail, and we were under pressure from our leaders."
SUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop
SOUNDBITE: (Khmer)
"The problem - Ta Mok is that he doesn't want peace. We all want peace here, so that's why we decided to defect."
SUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop
The loss of Preah Vihear backs up government claims of major gains against Khmer Rouge rebels.
The government said the last hard-line remnants of the communist Khmer Rouge group had also been evicted from their northern Cambodian headquarters of Anlong Veng, and were on the run.
SOUNDBITE: (Khmer)
"Here in this temple is the evidence that we are joining together it is the evidence that the final chapter of the Khmer Rouge era has been completed."
SUPER CAPTION: General Chea Saran, Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
Those on the run are said to include Khieu Samphan and Ta Mok, current leaders of the faction - as well as Pol Pot, who led the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979 that caused the deaths of as many as two (m) million Cambodians.
Pol Pot was deposed by Ta Mok and has since reportedly been under house arrest.
Now, a part of Ta Mok's forces have rebelled against him.
SOUNDBITE: (Khmer)
"I saw that Ta Mok wanted to overthrow Pol Pot and that he promised a new deal for the people. Okay so he toppled the leader, but nothing has changed since then now we want real democracy."
SUPER CAPTION: Em Houen, Commander of the Preah Viahear
The Khmer Rouge denied in its regular radio broadcast that top leaders were fleeing toward Thailand.
Thai officials have said they will not accept them, but the Thai army admitted for the first time on Tuesday that refugees from the fighting had crossed into Thailand.
The authorities have said some 7-thousand Cambodians are gathered on the border near Anlong Veng, hoping to be allowed to cross.
But a member of the loose alliance between troops loyal to deposed co-Premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh and the Khmer Rouge since the coup last July says the fall of Anlong Veng may be unimportant.
Commander General Nhek Bunchhay says the Khmer Rouge is still very well armed in the Preah Vihear area.
SOUNDBITE: (Thai)
SUPER CAPTION: General Nhek Bunchhay, Chief of the staff for the
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
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Sometime in '90 we meet khmer rouge soldier in krongkep town..Kampot province state of Cambodia
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Is this the soldiers of Kampuchea government or the soldiers of Pol Pot ?
Pol pot. You can tell by their stupid scarfs
PolPot
Both i believe
Khmer Rouge.
Campuchia vô ơn
Same murders with different uniform
sorry brother the two millions khmers was death by stravation because
the civil war and in 1978 many khmer was killed and merdered by the
vietnamese soldiers invaders whos came to invade khmer land untill 1991
you are funny! polpot invaded Viet nam first. you can search " The Ba Chuc massacre " . Viet nam have just finished the war with USA and ally in 1975. why the Vietnamese want another war?
@@jeandroulers9117 ហថយកចា៥៣ ដ៣៧៣៦រយ ដ៤៤
@@mrquan6395 pol pot said refering the Vietnamese "They wanted to be our masters"
@@PoliticalGangster also without our helped in vietnam war vn can be lost!
What the fuck...
Kampong Young toung.2019ck.$$$$$$.
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You also a very good you uniform made out of poop 💩
សួរថាវាយឈ្នះខ្មែរអត់😂😂 វាយចាញ់សុំចរចារៗថោកទាបណាស់ជនជាតិថៃ😂😂
มีรู้จะปราบทำไมไปดูไทยปี1985นะ
เวลามีสงครามโลกครั้งที่3ประเทศมึงจะโดนบุกประเทศแรกเพราะปากดีเคลมเก่งมึงเชื่อกรุเผลอโดนเวียดนามด้วยเค้าหมึ้นใส้มึงทั่วอาเชียนกร่างนั๊ก
Ίσος απ'το Βιετνάμ.
Το 1979
Ο Πολ Ποτ έφυγε στην ζούγκλα
Πάλι για δεύτερο αντάρτικο.
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I don't know what they are saying... I just hear Pol Pot... For all I know they could be saying uncle Pot was great and number one VC and how much they loved him.... For murdering and torturing so many of their country men.
Translations are in the video info, if you'd even bother to check lol
capuchina😂😂😂