Satrey Khmer Online

June 4th marks the 59th Anniversary of Cambodia’s loss territory to Vietnam. The French illegally transferred southern Cambodia (Kampuchea Krom) to north Vietnam. Since 1949 -for fifty nine years - –, many southern Cambodian (Khmer Krom/Kampuchea Krom) have been living in the darkness, suffering, torturing, ethnic cleansing, disease, human right abuse, genocide…under Vietnamese regime. Cambodian were forced to be Vietnamese, speak, dress, and obey their rules.  The communist’s media, billboard signs sending fatherly-like message to Kampuchea Krom that Vietnam is one. Play all tricks and lies by all means and erasing the original Cambodian history books and rewritten in Vietnamese text books that southern Cambodia did not exist and that southern Cambodian (Kampuchea Krom) are the Vietnamese “ethnic minority.” Cambodian land, street, building, signs that were written in Khmer language were torn and replaced in Vietnamese language and mostly in red and yellow colors. June 4th, 1949, Cambodian southern territory was stolen and became “south” Vietnam. North and south Vietnam joined. Dark history for Cambodia.

Today, “Khmer Krom communities around the world are currently heading to their local temples to commemorate the 59th Anniversary of loss of Kampuchea-Krom to Vietnam. The rich fertile land of the Mekong Delta was transferred to Vietnam by France on 4th June 1949 without the consent of the indigenous Khmer Krom people.

Khmer in brief
Before invasion
Map of Cambodia empire or Khmer empire. This map contain the original territorial size of Cambodia’s ancestral land before Thai and Vietnam invasion. Cambodia used to share borders with Burma(Myanmar), China, Champa(present-day central Vietnam), and the state of Dai Viet( present-day Vietnam). The empire stretched as far south bordered Malaysia. Endless aggressive invasion by Thai and Dai Viet(Vietnam), Cambodia empire declined, Thailand became a country around year 1300. The invasion still continue to today, as you can see Cambodia on the map, very tiny country. Barely seen or heard by the world for so many years.

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Cambodia, after land grabbing (shaded in pink color)

After tragic wars and invasions, Cambodia is open for touring. Millions of tourists from all over the world rush to visit Cambodia every year to see the greatest and one of the ancient 7 wonders of the world, Angkorwat. People are starting to understand Cambodian history and culture. Many visitors came and left Cambodia with admiration. Foreigners, professionals, scholars and anthropologists have proved that “Cambodia was the center of ancient civilization in the world.”
To better prove, there are so many traces of evidence of the Khmer empire written on ancient stones and ruins where you can find throughout Cambodia, present-day Thailand, Laos, present-day south Vietnam. There are also still  huge population of Cambodian residing in Thailand, especially in the eastern part, and there are approximately 8 million Cambodian living in “south Vietnam.” They are natives to these land. The empire also have left the flavor of Khmer food and language throughout these countries.

News Alert!!!
More than 200 Khmers Krom Beaten By Vietnamese Police

4th April 2008
By Ouk Savbury
Radio Free Asia

THE GREAT CAMBODIA DEBATE:

Before John Arnone and Kurt Heck take the “Great Book Readers” advice on Who Is Who in Cambodia, they may wish to look at the true facts not in the bookstore.

—-Many years ago, I chased the current Police Chief of Cambodia around Tay Ninh Province of the then Republic of Vietnam. Though now known as Hok Lundy, he was then named Nguyen Van Son. The actual leader who asked the Vietnamese to intervene was Pen Sovan. He, of course, fell from power and was jailed in Vietnam when the relative of his wife, Pham Van Dong, lost out to the the relative of the wife of Hun Sen; Do Moi. Before this event, Hun Sen was only number 8 in the leadership sponsored by Vietnam.The reason the U.S. Government did not recognize the Government installed by Vietnam was not because it supported the Khmer Rouge, but because true Cambodians had little or no say in that Government and little now.

—-Much is made of the U.S. and Thai support for the resistance to Vietnamese occupation. Many have made this to mean support for the Khmer Rouge.The only group not needing U.S. support was the Khmer Rouge. China more than adequately supplied them at the request of then Prince Sihanouk. Many nations assisted the non-communist resistance to Vietnamese occupation.