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“Any animal abuser will be seriously punished by law in Cambodia.” YouTube, Facebook and other sites remove the videos with graphic content, but scores of other clips of cute monkeys jumping ...
The Bangkok Plot, also known as the Dap Chhuon Plot, was a late 1950s international conspiracy to topple Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.It was allegedly initiated by the right-wing politicians Sam Sary and Son Ngoc Thanh, the regional Cambodian warlord and governor Dap Chhuon, and the governments of Thailand and South Vietnam with possible involvement of US intelligence services. [1]
Dap Chhuon (Khmer: ដាប ឈួន), also known as Chuan Khemphet (Thai: ชวน เข็มเพชร), Khem Phet, Chhuon Mochulpech (Khmer: ឈួន ម្ជុលពេជ្រ) or Chhuon Mchoul Pich (Khmer: ឈួន ម្ជុល ពេជ្រ) (1912–1959) was a right-wing Cambodian nationalist, guerrilla leader, regional warlord, and general.
Nhu contacted Dap Chhuon, Sihanouk's Interior Minister, who was known for his pro-American sympathies, to prepare for the coup against his boss. [3] Chhuon received covert financial and military assistance from Thailand, South Vietnam, and the CIA. [4]
A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday from Cambodia, where he had been arrested ...
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Cambodia's king on Monday approved the nomination of the Western-educated son of Prime Minister Hun Sen to become the next premier, confirming a much-anticipated transfer of ...
After Vietnam militarily intervened and forced the Khmer Rouge out of most of Cambodia, the People's Republic of Kampuchea was established and used a new anthem. However, the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea continued to use "Dap Prampi Mesa Moha Chokchey" as its state anthem in exile. Since the Coalition Government was recognized ...
It was this government-in-exile that was recognized by China, North Korea, Romania, and most Western Bloc governments and the United Nations; as such, many Western sources continued to list "Dap Prampi Mesa Moha Chokchey" as being the Cambodian national anthem until the restoration of the monarchy in 1993. [1]