The King points fingers

The political situation in Cambodia continues in its roller coaster. FUNCIPEC is self-destructing and no party other than the CPP is in any shape to govern at this point. But that has not stopped other high profile figures from trying. The latest attempt to form a party by Prince Norodom Ranariddh drew some citicism from those who argued that with no funds or resources or support it was not a serious party. He responded noting that the Khmer Rouge had nothing when they started and ended up in control of the county. Ignoring the ill-advised comparison to the Khmer Rouge, the King Father, Norodom Sihanouk, decided to respond in a published letter which noted the following;

1. The Khmer Rouge were very rich. The P.R. of China (PRC) gave them a lot of money.
2. The Khmer Rouge had enormous amount of US dollars with which they (K. Rouge) could buy from the Khmer Lonnolian-Republicans, guns, ammunitions, medicines, etcÂ…
3. The Khmer Rouge had cadres and leaders who master martial art, the warlike “science" and “technique.” They acquired this “science” and this “technique” through the PRC and the S.R. of Vietnam. The latter transported for them (K. Rouge), through the Ho Chi Minh trail, without interruption, weapons, ammunitions, etcÂ… which were offered by the PRC.
   

Will the King Father be a witness at the KRT? Because with this letter he points a finger at China, the US and Vietnam as the primary backers of the Khmer Rouge. The KRT has no jurisdiction to put other nations on trial, but its going to be hard to keep them out of the testimony.