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...Many of us who keep going there still find it hard to understand." Chandler observes that Pol Pot, with his gentle voice, never failed to charm those he met. He liked to quote French poetry. This was the same man who had his staff executed after his house in Phnom Penh had power failures...
...PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: In what may require the biggest leap of faith so far this year, Cambodian leader Hun Sen is asking members of parliament who fled his bloody coup to return and endorse his choice for a new co-prime minister. The offer comes just weeks after Hun Sen took power from former co-prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh in a bloody action in which 40 of Ranariddh's supporters were killed in custody, according to the U.N. Human Rights Center. For Hun Sen, the push is a move to legitimize his government in the face of his violent...
...Khmer Rouge forces started trickling into Phnom Penh, Hun Sen, who had defected from the Maoist group in the late 1970s, became worried, and skirmishes broke out between the rival armies. "I did not want to leave," Prince Ranariddh later told a French reporter, "but my generals came to me and said, 'Hun Sen is going to attack, sire.'" The prince fled to Paris two weeks ago, and Hun Sen's troops fanned out through Phnom Penh. By early last week, they had control of the city. Two of Ranariddh's top aides were arrested and executed; others have gone...
There was little chance of that, and Ranariddh said he wouldn't return to Phnom Penh soon. "Hun Sen would lynch me," he predicted. The U.S. suspended $35 million in aid, saying Hun Sen's action was "unacceptable." But American officials admit they have given up on Ranariddh as well. Hun Sen says the dual system of government can go on with another member of Ranariddh's party as co-Prime Minister--though the execution of the prince's associates belies that promise. Late last week a replacement for Ranariddh stepped forward: Toan Chay, governor of Siem Reap province...
...multinational companies are shutting factories in Phnom Penh amid fears of power blackouts, looting and a breakdown of civil authority. Neither foreign investors nor the Cambodian people have much faith that Toan Chay--or anyone else--can keep the nation from being engulfed by tragedy once again...