RT @CEtcheson: @realtimeKR That speech was one of the key pieces of evidence in convicting Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan of genocide. French @TF1 reports from a camp for Cambodian refugees in Vietnam, interviewing two refugees. Under the self-management principles of Vietnam’s new special development zones, the refugees are expected to cultivate the 500 ha land of the camp. https://t.co/hxUpj9QXF0 “With my own eyes,” says Burstein abt his recent trip to🇰🇭: “I saw a country diametrically opposed to the image conveyed in the US press by those who never visited the new Cambodia. I saw a country where the common people became the masters of their own society..” https://t.co/aPFykdRpFY

H. Kamm asks Cambodian refugees at the Thai detention center at Buriram what they expect of the future: “I don’t care, as long as we get food and some sleep and don’t have to live in Cambodia,” one said. None of the interviewed, knew about the🇰🇭-🇻🇳border war. In reviewing Cambodia’s defence strategy of the past year, Pol Pot reiterates his “One against 30” policy: https://t.co/wdptwDHdy6 “In the slow pace of world reaction to events in Cambodia there is a morbid parallel to the international blindness that first met the news of the camps in Nazi Germany,” writes Leo Cherne in @WSJ.

@ferretfyre Yes exactly. And they have read the refugee accounts & news reports hinting at the horrors… they dismissed them, went to🇰🇭 & still didn’t ask themselves, might these reports be true?; is what I am shown propaganda? At least the kids with AK-47s should have made them pause. Scottish academic Malcom Caldwell (who will be murdered in December a few hours after meeting Pol Pot in Cambodia) dismisses accounts of Khmer Rouge atrocities from refugees in @Guardian “A refugee may give an honest account without it necessarily being accurate”

6. CHOU Chet, Khmer Rouge Secretary of the West Zone is arrested (undated photo) 7. Pang,Chief of Office S-71, who was was assigned by Khmer Rouge Brother Nr. 2 NUON Chea to work with and receive reports from Duch at S-21, is arrested and brought to S-21. https://t.co/eHeunUY4yG 4. Border clashes between🇰🇭-🇻🇳continue. Vietnam appeals to Cambodian soldiers to disobey orders. Diplomats say Vietnam is trying to set up a “Cambodian Liberation Army” 5. In an editorial, @nytimes describes Pol Pot as “this generation’s rival to Adolph Hitler” A recap on what happened in Cambodia in April 1978 under the Khmer Rouge: 1. The KR celebrate their 3rd anniversary in power…

@RNbkk @CEtcheson Especially from you @RNbkk, as your book “The Fall of Phnom Penh” was what got me interested in the KR in the first place. That said I hope to launch a website soon, where all material is posted with more context as well as all sources. @RNbkk @CEtcheson Providing context is somtimes difficult in the “day-by day” format, so in isolation some posts can seem strange. However, a general disclaimer that the KR did awful things under each post is probably anoying for regular readers. But I am happy to hear suggestions 🙂 .. While air raid shelters are built and the army received standing orders to retaliate…

“From all that we saw, the situation is very good. The new government is strong & enjoys broad popular support. We saw many massive worksites & not a single sign of coercion.” Dan Burstein et al. of “The Call” leave Cambodia with enthusiastic impressions: https://t.co/WAsMjR3zEx Cambodians in the refugee camp in Khlong Yai, Thailand, easily find work as fishermen. But as Khmer Rouge patrol boats increase their activities against Thai fishing vessels, they fear being captured, as that “would mean certain death”, reports @nytimes. Celebrating its 3rd anniversary, Vietnam says its relations with Cambodia were deteriorating, with the border remaining tense. Politburo member Ngyen Van Linh accuses the Khmer Rouge…

Khmer Rouge rockets hit a hotel and a police station in the Thai border town Aranyaprathet, causing many people to flee. https://t.co/1FHmSKEiQs

Khmer Rouge FM IENG Sary, says to Dan Burstein, editor of “The Call”: “We overcame many difficulties since 1975. We basically solved the problems of food, clothing & housing. We defeated every attempt of the enemy to overthrow us. Now the situation is excellent” https://t.co/3o5J2I5tYz The United States House of Representatives votes unanimously to condemn the Khmer Rouge for atrocities, killings, and disregard for basic human rights in Cambodia.

Citing western analysts, @AP reports that China installed radar-controlled anti-aircraft guns in PhnomPenh and supplied 130-millimeter long-range howitzers and T-59 & T-60 tanks to Cambodia. Chinese technicians also train the Khmer Rouge airforce and navy.

James William Clark and Lance McNamara aboard the yacht Mary K are captured by the Khmer Rouge 32 kilometres off Poulo Wai Island and brought to S-21. They wanted to smuggle Marihuana from Thailand back to the United States. The Cambodia Tribunal in Oslo concludes 3 days of hearing on the human rights situation in Cambodia with testimonies by refugees & scholars. The Tribunal, organized by MPs from all🇳🇴 parties, wants to send the resulting documents to the UN Human Rights Commission.