8 April 1979

Vietnamese-led troops beat back an attempt by the Khmer Rouge to capture the border town of Poipet, according to Thai military sources. 500 KR soldiers had attacked the town from two directions but had to withdraw back to their jungle bases.

China dismisses a claim by Hun Sen, the People’s Republic’s Foreign Minister that Chinese military advisers had been captured in Cambodia, as a “pure fabrication”. All military advisors were withdrawn from Cambodia before the Fall of the Khmer Rouge in January.