.@BangkokPostNews reports that Prince Sihanouk and his wife Princess Monique have shaved their heads and are pursuing the lifestyle of Buddhist monks. The couple is also said to be taking part in agricultural work.

RT @CEtcheson: @realtimeKR When Viet experts visited Ieng Thirith’s pharma factories, they were appalled at the ignorant snotty nosed child… RT @JimLaurie_Asia: Re Cambodia KR medicine. In my book Soc Sinan recalls how hoarding her stash of western medicine into 1976 until it r…

Holding a news conference, Colonel K. Souvatthana, head of the Khmer Liberation Front says his troops number at least 135,000, mainly around Kampot. As the bulk of them lack sufficient arms and ammunitions he calls on the “free world” to aid his movement against the Khmer Rouge.

Recurring announcements on Radio PhnomPenh about “discoveries” of home-made remedies for illnesses indicate that Cambodia continues to battle a variety of diseases. Today it announced a cure for leprosy consisting of four different kinds of tree bark and seeds.

10 Khmer Rouge soldiers surrendered to the Thai border police, handing over 10 rifles, including 6 AK-47s, rocket launchers, grenades, ammunition, two communist books and 2 radios. The soldiers said they were willing to die here rather than go back to Cambodia.

Thai FM PHICHAI tells @FCCThai that “Thailand would not forcibly repatriate any Cambodian refugees”. He also insists in the involvement of @UNHCR in any repatriation efforts. Observers deem this unlikely and say that refugees are under no illusion to the human rights situation.

3. A week later, 100 Khmer Rouge soldiers clashed with Thai border police at Ban Laem. 4. The June edition of KR magazine Revolutionary Flag remarked that border incidents were few: “the situation has softened maximally.” It also printed propaganda photos on “3 tons per hectare”: https://t.co/SPsepk9YCy A recap on what happened in Cambodia in June 1976 under the Khmer Rouge: 1. Duch became the director of Tuol Sleng. 2. Thai FM PICHAI reaches an agreement with KR FM IENG Sary on border demarcation, the establishment of embassies, & discussed the return of Khmer refugees

Just over a week after agreeing on border demarcation, 100 Khmer Rouge soldiers clash with Thai border police at Ban Laem. Several KR are killed in the five hour long gun battle; two Thai policemen were wounded.

Paul Raffaele said he went inside Cambodia by simply walking across the bridge from Aranyaprathet flashing his Chinese press pass and that before returning, a brief interview he made with an official called Khek Bin confirms the reports of a Khmer Rouge instituted bloodbath. https://t.co/KCkTYBR0t8

Chhang Song (recent photo), information minister under Lon Nol’s regime, denounces inaction: “While the people of Cambodia are being exterminated by the brute force of a most repressive regime of terror and tyranny, the civilised world is watching with bored indifference”. https://t.co/yM1sXGmSaQ