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Click on the letter in Khmer to zoom inThursday, October 15, 2009
Open Letter to King Ta Norodom Sihanouk by Khemarak Botra
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
The only person who sometimes wishes to become a ghost and sometimes wishes to die is Samdech Ta. Samdech Ta used to boast that he is clever, that he is a man full of experiences. I would like to inform Samdech Ta that his experiences are wrong experiences, there were experiences cheated by the Yuons, they were experiences of destruction of Cambodia and her people. Because of such experiences, Cambodia and Cambodians are currently living in such misery. With his cleverness, when the Khmeng Wat (kids living in the pagoda) hit his head, not only he does not dare fight them back, but he even praises them for providing justice to him. This is called cheap cleverness.
When I see the pictures (above), I want KI-Media to help me ask Samdech Ta how grateful are we to the Yuons for the King of the Khmer land to burn incense and bow in respect like this?
My other question is: If Samdech Ta indeed has a death wish, why does he keep on seeking [medical help] from Chinese doctors? Why wouldn’t he let his disease kill him?
I see that Samdech Ta likes to write in French very much. Did Samdech Ta ever hear the French saying: “Il faut tourner sa langue 100 fois dans sa bouche avant de parler” [Turn the tongue 100 times in the mouth before speaking – Think before you speak]?
In conclusion, when Samdech Ta passed away as he wishes, let them not bring your remain back to Cambodia, let them just incinerate you in China. If there is an afterlife, may Samdech Ta be born as Yuon or Chinese, let you not be born as Cambodian because otherwise, Cambodia and Cambodians will never be able to get out of the current misery.
When I see the pictures (above), I want KI-Media to help me ask Samdech Ta how grateful are we to the Yuons for the King of the Khmer land to burn incense and bow in respect like this?
My other question is: If Samdech Ta indeed has a death wish, why does he keep on seeking [medical help] from Chinese doctors? Why wouldn’t he let his disease kill him?
I see that Samdech Ta likes to write in French very much. Did Samdech Ta ever hear the French saying: “Il faut tourner sa langue 100 fois dans sa bouche avant de parler” [Turn the tongue 100 times in the mouth before speaking – Think before you speak]?
In conclusion, when Samdech Ta passed away as he wishes, let them not bring your remain back to Cambodia, let them just incinerate you in China. If there is an afterlife, may Samdech Ta be born as Yuon or Chinese, let you not be born as Cambodian because otherwise, Cambodia and Cambodians will never be able to get out of the current misery.
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