HOW TO SAVE CAMBODIA FROM BECOMING A PART OF VIETNAM ?

Trucks loaded with logs heading to Vietnam. Most reports suggest Cambodia's deforestation rate is among the worst in the region and the world - Image reproduced

Op-Ed by Bun Thoeun

Hun Sen had risen to power by strictly following Yuon's orders to bring down his own leader Pen Sovann, who refused to implement Vietnam's policies such as the deadly K5 project.

People are still wondering how many thousands of Khmer people did Hun Sen kill in order to convince his master Yuon that he will be a forever faithful slave to Vietnam and put him in power to replace Pen Sovann?

If we follow all the critical events that Hun Sen had created to destroy his opponents, we could clearly understand that Hun Sen is an exceptional ruthless tyrant. Hun Sen is far worse than any tyrants in the world. He has never hesitated to destroy Cambodia, to violently suppress Khmer people to satisfy his master Vietnam's ambitions to annex Cambodia.

For instance, the destruction of Khmer natural resource, condoning millions of Vietnamese migrants to fill Khmer land, the 99 years massive land concessions to Vietnam including the strategic area of Phnom Bokor, the 2005 supplemental treaty with Vietnam, etc...are undeniably Hun Sen's traitorous acts. Additionally, he has put the "triangle area" under Vietnam's control already.

The result of the 2017 recent communal election proved that the CNRP is still a party for Khmer people. And that prompted Hun Sen and Yuon to amend again the party law.

This newly amended party law will further infuriate and alienate Khmer people - sinking the CPP in a deeper hole.

So far, with its reputation remains intact, the CNRP will have a good chance to win this next election. To ensure the win, the CNRP should try to get the international community to help monitoring this 2018 election.

After the NEC declares that the winner is the CNRP, Khmer people must be mentally prepared and ready to mount a nationwide peaceful demonstration if the loser CPP refuses to transfer the power to the winner. And that will be the RIGHT MOMENT for Khmer people to sacrifice their life to save Cambodia from the evil Yuon.

Finally, we must stay united to OFFICIALLY win the 2018 election first, then ready to sacrifice our life to save Cambodia. We need to help ourselves first before the international community could help us.

Bun Thoeun