Vietnamization: Military Occupation - Present
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Part 4: 2000 - Present

** Cambodia in 2005 **

Yim Sovan argues against Vietnamization at the National Assembly, 11 November 2005.

** Cambodia in 2006 **

Sam Rainsy addressing demographic Vietnamization in the National Assembly, 25 October 2006.

** Cambodia in 2009 **

Sam Rainsy contesting Vietnamese border encroachment on farmland of Cambodian villagers in Svay Rieng, 25 Oct. 2009. Subsequently, the husband and wife owners of the land (wife pictured) were imprisoned and Sam Rainsy sentenced in absentia.

** Cambodia in 2012 **

Hun Sen gave a 5-hr marathon monologue that was broadcast on all the TV stations and radios, defending Vietnamese interests in Cambodia and the Vietnamese border demarcation, August 2012.

** Cambodia in 2014 **

Veng Sreng massacre was sandwiched by Vietnam visits.

Veng Sreng massacre of garment workers, here security forces hunting down and senselessly pummeling workers in hiding in homes. At least 5 workers were killed, countless wounded, and disappearances.

It should be noted how this Veng Sreng massacre was sandwiched by high level visits: Hun Sen summoned to Vietnam, as well as other senior security officials; and Vietnam’s PM visiting Cambodia before and immediately after massacre, among other high level officials.

Brief Timeline:

23 July 2013 National Elections

Peaceful gatherings daily at Democracy Square.

December 2013 Hun Sen was at his most depressed state.

28 Dec. 2013 Big Brother Vietnam summons Hun Sen and top CPP leaders for encouragement and advice. Hun Sen, Tan Dung Sign 9 Agreements During Vietnam State Visit

3-4 January 2014 Blood demonstrating garment workers flowed at Veng Sreng Blvd.

Vietnam Prime Minister ends visit to Cambodia (Thanh Nien Daily | Jan 15, 2014)

(image) Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and his ... three-day visit to Cambodia, his first official state visit this year, Tuesday afternoon.

Hun Sen in Familiar Form With Nguyen Tan Dung (The Cambodia Daily)

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/.../hun-sen-in-familiar-form-with-nguyen-tan-dung-...

Jan 14, 2014 - Nine days after he put a brutal end to labor protests and mass opposition demonstrations in Phnom Penh

PM praises VN involvement (Phnom Penh Post)

www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-praises-vn-involvement

Jan 14, 2014 - Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan ... Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Hun Sen said he considers January 7, ...

I will not resign: premier (Phnom Penh Post)

www.phnompenhpost.com/national/i-will-not-resign-premier

Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attend a … (15 January 2014) The ceremony was also attended by Hun Sen's Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, who concluded a three-day visit to Vietnam's investment skyrockets

The Phnom Penh Post-Jan 13, 2014

** Cambodia in 2015 **

Vietnamese villagers and military blocked Cambodians within Cambodia from visiting the border a kilometer away. 29 June 2015.

The Cambodia Daily | 24 December 2015

** Cambodia in 2016 **

The main reasons outspoken Kem Ley was assassinated in July 2016 were: (i) he was in talks with Kem Sokha about him or his newly-formed party joining the CNRP; (ii) he was at the beginning of his 100 days and nights campaign to spend with villagers along the Vietnamese border to raise publicly the matter of Vietnamization and border infringement/settlements (not reported at all in the English media but covered in the Khmer press, even if limited).

** Cambodia in 2018 **

We must stand guard against viewing the world in Manichean duality: that if the US bombing is evil, the KR must be good; that if the KR is evil, the Vietnamese must be good; and more currently, that if China has influence, Vietnam no longer does.

When Hun Sen had only one Big Brother Vietnam...

Now he has two Big Brothers, Vietnam and China.

It’s not uncharacteristic of Mr. Hun to hate but then only to extra-love that Big Brother. When he was a Khmer Rouge we could hear him easily say "Vietnam is the root of everything evil".

Case 002 "Genocide" Verdict

1. Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Patrols Highlight Defense Ties - The Diplomat | 26 March 2018

Vietnam provides the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) with military equipment, infrastructure, and training, while both countries have also looked to manage more sensitive areas

2. Timber trader ‘Grandma May’ back in business - The Post | 27 March 2018

Notorious Vietnamese timber trader Nguyen Thimay, more commonly known as “Grandma May”, is again free and, according to locals and officials in Oddar Meanchey, back in business

3. Winners of writing contest on Vietnam-Cambodia ties awarded - Vietnam Plus | 22 March 2018

Jointly held by the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army and Cambodian Defence Ministry

4. [Demographic Vietnamization: Rubber, Logging, Kratie, Memot, Border, Military] Memot villagers petition PM - The Post | 28 March 2018

5. What’s Next for Vietnam-Cambodia Military Ties in 2018? - The Diplomat | 7 February 2018

6. Vietnamese, Cambodian customs bolster cooperation - Vietnam Plus | 19 March 2018

** Cambodia in 2019 **

The US has appointed a new ambassador to Cambodia, Patrick Murphy. Interestingly, it is the Vietnamese embassy in Washington, DC who threw him a welcome/congratulatory luncheon on 30 August 2019 in honor of his new role which he will soon take up here in Cambodia.

** Cambodia in 2020 **

...

Besides several articles in the press (solely in the Khmer language and only indirectly linked), no article in English mentioned that the fact that Key Ley was murdered as he was beginning his 100-days-and-nights campaign to live and stay with villagers along the Cambodia-Vietnam border to draw attention to Vietnamization of Cambodia via Vietnamese military and illegal settlers.

Uncle Ho presides over meetings alongside the Cambodian monarchy

VOD (Dec. 2018): Vietnamese convicts detained in Thai prison request to be transferred to Cambodian prison

Vietnam had 14 years of military occupation of near total darkness to operate, with detrimental consequences to this day in its ability to neutralize the "center of gravity—the minds and spirits" of the people.

Excerpts:

Here, the hammock-nappers fall asleep to the strains of Vietnamese pop songs. The farmers most often wear the conical bamboo hats favored in Vietnam. The snatches of conversation overheard at the coffee shop are frequently in Vietnamese. And many residents of Prek Chrey are not formally citizens of Cambodia, although some have lived here for decades....

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has for years accused the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen of turning a blind eye to Vietnamese migration and illegally issuing identity cards to these immigrants in order to garner more votes. Vietnamese migrants often favor the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP)....

Sam Rainsy has been convicted of multiple crimes, including defamation, incitement and map defacement, for his efforts over the years to prove that the CPP has carelessly allowed swaths of land along the border to be swallowed up by Vietnam. One lawmaker and one senator from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which Sam Rainsy co-founded, were jailed over similar claims....

“Less than 30 percent are Cambodians,” he said of the commune’s population.

“Villagers also complained that Vietnamese can cross to Cambodia to do business, but Cambodians can’t do the same,” he added. “It is not balanced.”...

Click to watch video.

Reworking DD and Whitmore’s phrases into the Cambodia context:

Vietnam’s malign influence does not operate in a vacuum. The Vietnamese brand of political warfare in Cambodia tends to thrive in a dark ecosystem amidst networks of influence that support such activity.

The National Election Committee

31 July 2018

My translation of Kimseng Men’s 31 July 2018 message in Khmer, a reporter from VOA Khmer Service:

Yesterday, the reporters were shocked when NEC started its broadcast by speaking Vietnamese. I have given a recording of this to my colleagues from both northern and southern Vietnam to listen, but it is unclear to them.

When I paid really close attention that I heard them say: “Ask Kalyan which province...”

Theary: "NEC" stands for the National Election Committee. “Kalyan" is a Khmer name.

ABC News | 15 May 2018

A Vietnamese state-linked hacking group has used a Cambodian newspaper website to attack a local human rights organisation, according to a leading cyber security firm.....

"In this instance we're pretty confident that this is being carried out by a group we track as APT32," said Ben Wilson, a Canberra-based threat intelligence analyst with cyber security firm FireEye.

"They are what we believe to be a Vietnam-based nation state group that are acting in the interests of Vietnam's political interests," Mr Wilson told the ABC.

Watch the response—incredible!

http://t.co/IeuPjiHzrR

It took the revelation of Chinese hacking to mention as an aside of the Vietnamese-state hacking of weeks past in one article that I’ve perused. - Theary, 12 July 2018

Published Articles re Vietnamization - 7 Parts

អត្ថបទ បានបោះពុម្ភផ្សាយ អំពី វៀតណាមនីយកម្ម - ៧ ផ្នែក

1. Cambodia 1979-1984 (Genocides under Occupation, Jan. 7, Orwellian)

កម្ពុជា ១៩៧៩ - ១៩៨៤ (អំពើប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ ក្រោមការកាន់កាប់, ៧ ខែមករា, «បង​ធំ»)

2. Cambodia 1985-1990 (K5 Genocide, Vietnam Security Intelligence Monitoring My FB, Blacklisted)

កម្ពុជា ១៩៨៥ - ១៩៩០ (ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម ប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ ក៥, ស៊ើបការណ៍សម្ងាត់ យួន ត្រួតពិនិត្យ ហ្វេសប៊ុកខ្ញុំ, បញ្ជីខ្មៅ)

3. Cambodia 1991-1999 (Paris Peace Accords)

កម្ពុជា ១៩៩១ - ១៩៩៩ (កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង សន្តិភាព ប៉ារីស)

4. Cambodia 2000-Present (ECCC "Genocide" verdict)

កម្ពុជា ២០០០ - បច្ចុប្បន្ន (សាលក្រម «ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម ប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍» នៃសាលាក្តី ខ្មែរក្រហម)

5. Vietnamization: Demographic, Military, By Province, Along Border, Economic

វៀតណាមនីយកម្ម៖ ប្រជាសាស្ត្រ, យោធា, តាមខេត្ត, តាមបណ្តោយព្រំដែន, សេដ្ឋកិច្ច

6. Vietnamization: China Responds, ប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្ត (ខេមរ ភាសា)

វៀតណាមនីយកម្ម៖ ចិនឆ្លើយតប, ប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្ត (ខេមរ ភាសា)

7. Vietnamization: Third-Party Spokespeople, Helen Jarvis, Ben Kiernan's Yale Genocide Program, "Yuon" Racism, Ad Hominen

វៀតណាមនីយកម្ម៖ អ្នកនាំពាក្យ ភាគីទីបី, ហេឡិន ចាវីស, កម្មវិធី ប្រឆាំង អំពើប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ របស់ បិន ឃឺននីន នៅសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ យ៉េល, ការប្រកាន់ពូជសាសន៍ «យួន», តក្កវិជ្ជា យោងតាម មនុស្ស ជាជាង ភាពត្រឹមត្រូវ នៃគំនិត

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