ASIAN MEMOIRS, MEMOIR, MEMOIRS, KHMER ROUGE, CAMBODIA, CAMBODIA HISTORY. SOUTH EAST ASIAN HISTORY

Love of Life - A Miraculous Story

Summary of major political events in Cambodia, since 1979

For those not familiar with recent Cambodian history, and to put my memoir into recent perspective, I provide the following very brief summary.

1979-1989: Cambodia under pro-Vietnamese governments. Heng Samrin (ex Khmer Rouge) the first prime minister 1979-1991, followed by Hun Sen. Ongoing guerilla warfare by Khmer Rouge. Vietnamese troops withdraw in 1989.

1989-1998: Paris Peace Agreement between factions. The Monarchy restored. Khmer Rouge guerillas surrender, granted amnesty (1994). Funcinpec under Prince Ranariddh wins 1993 elections. Hun Sen mounts a coup against Ranariddh, and takes over (1997). April 1998, Pol Pot dies in his jungle hideout. Hun Sen’s CPP wins elections.

1998-2013: Hun Sen wins election 2002. Hun Sen re-elected in 2004 after over a year of deadlock. King abdicates. Tribunal to try Khmer Rouge leaders approved by the UN, April 2005. Sam Rainsy becomes the opposition leader. Nuon Chea (brother number 2) arrested September 2007. Hun Sen wins new elections, July 2008, criticized by EU monitors. Hun Sen wins elections July 2013, opposition and outside observers allege widespread irregularities and fraud. The opposition refers to the 2013 election as “the stolen election”.

Ongoing protests against the election result. Factory workers protest against slave-labor working conditions. Hun Sen’s CPP kills protestors. New laws restrict freedom of speech and expression. Political turmoil spreads into the provinces.

Blogs on political events in Cambodia

The following blogs will keep readers up to date with political events in Cambodia:

·     MAJOR BRANDS - NEW SLAVERY - ESP AMERICAN - ENSLAVING CAMBODIAN FACTORY WORKERS: http://brand-newslavery-cambodia.blogspot.com.au/

·     CAMBODIA GIRL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY - http://cambodia-girls.blogspot.com.au/ 

·         Cry my beloved country, Cambodia: http://cry-mybelovedcountry.blogspot.com.au/

See me live on YouTube

YouTube – see me live! -  http://youtu.be/Ooji0EHK2nk

Recent event - repugnant refugee agreement 

A recent event in September 2014 is the shyster Abbott-government dumping 40,000 or more unwanted (mainly Muslim) refugees on Cambodia, and bribing that tyrant Hun Sen with billions to facilitate this. This is discussed in detail in Chapter 47, "Living in Australia - great country, pity about the (white) people".