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Hor Nam Hong produces another fake witness to the French Tribunal in Paris
In the defamation lawsuit which opposes me to the Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Nam Hong at the French Tribunal in Paris, I have the proof that a new “witness” by the name of Sisowath Chittara, brought to the court by Mr. Hor Nam Hong, lied to the French Judges to try to “exonerate” the very same individual who was the “president of the committee of prisoners” of the Boeng Trabek jail camp, the very same camp where the parents of this “witness” were plucked from to be killed by the Khmer Rouge in April 1978.
During the appeal hearing on 25 March 2010, Sisowath Chittara told the Judges that, during the Khmer Rouge era, he was incarcerated in a “death camp” in Cambodia. He “explained” with confidence to the Judges how such a camp functioned and how the Khmer Rouge chose a leader among the camp prisoners, all with the aim of “proving” the innocence of Mr. Hor Nam Hong who, between 1977 and 1979, left his mark in the Boeng Trabek “re-education camp.”
While browsing through the book written by His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk titled “Prisoner of the Khmer Rouge” which he co-authored with Simonne Lacouture (Hachette, 1986), one learns the following:
1- Sisowath Chittara was never detained in the “death camp” as he claimed; furthermore, he was never detained in any Khmer Rouge camp at all. In reality, during all his stay in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge period, from April 17, 1976 to January 6, 1979, he always lived inside the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh with His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk and the latter’s close relatives. Thus, it was a false testimonial that he gave to the French Justice.
“Here [Beijing, April 17, 1976], [my son Norodom] Sihamoni met his younger brother Narindrapong, who came from Moscow, and his cousin Sisowath Chittara (the son of my cousin Sisowath Méthavi and Annette – Nannette Izzi, the elder sister of my wife Monique) who was studying in Beijing. All three of them – Sihamoni, Narindrapong and Chittara – were asked by the Khmer Rouge diplomats to immediately board a Chinese plane leaving for Phnom Penh” (Page 107).
“During all his stay in the “Democratic Kampuchea”, my son [Norodom Narindrapong] and his first cousin [Sisowath] Chittara stayed in the apartments of Her Majesty the Queen (their deceased Grandmother) at the Royal Palace.” (Page 159).
“Afternoon of January 06, 1979: I invited my family and my retinue to gather with their luggage (…). Narindrapong and Chittara, who were always disrespectful toward me, did not care to reply to my appeal – in order to let me feel that they only obeyed the orders of Angkar”. (Page 321).
“[Following the plane takeoff for Beijing], my wife, our son Sihamoni and all those who remained faithful to me smiled and cried at the same time (…). Sitting next to each other, Narindrapong and Chittara sneered at the sight of our emotion. Faithful servants of Angkar, they were extremely displeased that their “revered” masters spared us and freed us”. (Page 324).
2- Through his denunciation to the Khmer Rouge, Sisowath Chittara caused the death Mr. Ong Meang, one of the persons in the royal retinue whom H.M. Norodom Sihanouk called “the most faithful, the most devoted and the most courageous of my followers”. (Page 145).
“Between April 1976 and April 1977, my own son, Norodom Narindrapong and Sisowath Chittara, his first cousin, took over from the young communist Khmers in Beijing to inflict a moral torture on Ong Meang (…). They follow him into his room where these two oddballs would show up in the middle of the night! But more Machiavelian and dangerous deeds than this moral torture were to come. Each time they saw Chhorn Hay, the kammaphibal [cadre] [assigned to perform a surveillance on the royal family], or other Khmer Rouge waking pass their room, these two admirers of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary would shout: “Ong Meang is a CIA agent and he is also an agent of the French SDECE [Translation note: SDECE is the French Intelligence agency]” (…). This denunciation did not fall on deaf ears. On April 18, 1977, i.e. one day after the celebration of the national festival of the so-called “Democratic” Kampuchea, Ong Meang would disappear [forever]”. (Pages 147 and 148).
3- Sisowath Chittara proved his zeal to the Khmer Rouge and, thereby, inflicting pains to his companions of misfortune.
“At the Khemarin [a wing of the Royal Palace], between April 1976 [date of the arrival of the two cousins after the resignation of H.M. Norodom Sihanouk from his duty as Head of State] and January 1979 [date of the evacuation of the residents of the Royal Palace to China], Narindrapong and his cousin Chittara gave a hard time – even infernal – to me and my wife”. (Page 154).
“Narindrapong, my younger son, and Chittara, his first cousin and younger son of my wife Monique’s sister, understanding that I have no other future than an irreversible disgrace outlook, and maybe even a shameful death, overwhelmed us with their disdain”. (Page 150).
“[Narindrapong] adopted the communist mores which encourage children to spy and denounce their own parents”. (Page 150).
“Chittara satisfied himself by helping Narindrapong prepare his suitcases for a possible departure to the front [Narindrapong volunteered his service to the Angkar]. He was careful not to make a similar request to the Angkar by his dear cousin to whom he swore to follow everywhere ‘in life or in death’”. (Page 152).
“[In reality, during all his stay in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge], Narindrapong never left me, not even once. [It was the same form his cousin Chittara]”. (Page 159).
“Every day, [Sisowath] Chittara stole bottles of wine and alcohol from my cellar”. (Page 155).
“Therefore, it is scandalous that [during our incarceration at the Royal Palace] Narindrapong and Chittara insulted shamelessly people in my retinue, their own family, and they called them ‘dirty members of the Sangkum Chas [the old society]’, ‘rotten feudal,’ and [many other epithets] that I skip here, while calling themselves followers of the ‘pure and tough Khmer Rouge revolution’”. (Page 155)
“Narindrapong was acting as a conscientious accomplice and as a subservient propagandist to the torturers and killers of their own people”. (Page 160).
Conclusion: Sisowath Chittara’s behavior under the Khmer Rouge era resembled that of Hor Nam Hong. The least that can be said is the fact that both men showed their zeal and their meanness to make themselves look good to the Khmer Rouge and, in doing so, they inflicted pains on their companions of misfortune. To witness that one is now acting as the “witness” of the other fully illustrates the old adage: “Birds of the same feather flock together.”
During the appeal hearing on 25 March 2010, Sisowath Chittara told the Judges that, during the Khmer Rouge era, he was incarcerated in a “death camp” in Cambodia. He “explained” with confidence to the Judges how such a camp functioned and how the Khmer Rouge chose a leader among the camp prisoners, all with the aim of “proving” the innocence of Mr. Hor Nam Hong who, between 1977 and 1979, left his mark in the Boeng Trabek “re-education camp.”
While browsing through the book written by His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk titled “Prisoner of the Khmer Rouge” which he co-authored with Simonne Lacouture (Hachette, 1986), one learns the following:
1- Sisowath Chittara was never detained in the “death camp” as he claimed; furthermore, he was never detained in any Khmer Rouge camp at all. In reality, during all his stay in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge period, from April 17, 1976 to January 6, 1979, he always lived inside the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh with His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk and the latter’s close relatives. Thus, it was a false testimonial that he gave to the French Justice.
“Here [Beijing, April 17, 1976], [my son Norodom] Sihamoni met his younger brother Narindrapong, who came from Moscow, and his cousin Sisowath Chittara (the son of my cousin Sisowath Méthavi and Annette – Nannette Izzi, the elder sister of my wife Monique) who was studying in Beijing. All three of them – Sihamoni, Narindrapong and Chittara – were asked by the Khmer Rouge diplomats to immediately board a Chinese plane leaving for Phnom Penh” (Page 107).
“During all his stay in the “Democratic Kampuchea”, my son [Norodom Narindrapong] and his first cousin [Sisowath] Chittara stayed in the apartments of Her Majesty the Queen (their deceased Grandmother) at the Royal Palace.” (Page 159).
“Afternoon of January 06, 1979: I invited my family and my retinue to gather with their luggage (…). Narindrapong and Chittara, who were always disrespectful toward me, did not care to reply to my appeal – in order to let me feel that they only obeyed the orders of Angkar”. (Page 321).
“[Following the plane takeoff for Beijing], my wife, our son Sihamoni and all those who remained faithful to me smiled and cried at the same time (…). Sitting next to each other, Narindrapong and Chittara sneered at the sight of our emotion. Faithful servants of Angkar, they were extremely displeased that their “revered” masters spared us and freed us”. (Page 324).
2- Through his denunciation to the Khmer Rouge, Sisowath Chittara caused the death Mr. Ong Meang, one of the persons in the royal retinue whom H.M. Norodom Sihanouk called “the most faithful, the most devoted and the most courageous of my followers”. (Page 145).
“Between April 1976 and April 1977, my own son, Norodom Narindrapong and Sisowath Chittara, his first cousin, took over from the young communist Khmers in Beijing to inflict a moral torture on Ong Meang (…). They follow him into his room where these two oddballs would show up in the middle of the night! But more Machiavelian and dangerous deeds than this moral torture were to come. Each time they saw Chhorn Hay, the kammaphibal [cadre] [assigned to perform a surveillance on the royal family], or other Khmer Rouge waking pass their room, these two admirers of Pol Pot and Ieng Sary would shout: “Ong Meang is a CIA agent and he is also an agent of the French SDECE [Translation note: SDECE is the French Intelligence agency]” (…). This denunciation did not fall on deaf ears. On April 18, 1977, i.e. one day after the celebration of the national festival of the so-called “Democratic” Kampuchea, Ong Meang would disappear [forever]”. (Pages 147 and 148).
3- Sisowath Chittara proved his zeal to the Khmer Rouge and, thereby, inflicting pains to his companions of misfortune.
“At the Khemarin [a wing of the Royal Palace], between April 1976 [date of the arrival of the two cousins after the resignation of H.M. Norodom Sihanouk from his duty as Head of State] and January 1979 [date of the evacuation of the residents of the Royal Palace to China], Narindrapong and his cousin Chittara gave a hard time – even infernal – to me and my wife”. (Page 154).
“Narindrapong, my younger son, and Chittara, his first cousin and younger son of my wife Monique’s sister, understanding that I have no other future than an irreversible disgrace outlook, and maybe even a shameful death, overwhelmed us with their disdain”. (Page 150).
“[Narindrapong] adopted the communist mores which encourage children to spy and denounce their own parents”. (Page 150).
“Chittara satisfied himself by helping Narindrapong prepare his suitcases for a possible departure to the front [Narindrapong volunteered his service to the Angkar]. He was careful not to make a similar request to the Angkar by his dear cousin to whom he swore to follow everywhere ‘in life or in death’”. (Page 152).
“[In reality, during all his stay in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge], Narindrapong never left me, not even once. [It was the same form his cousin Chittara]”. (Page 159).
“Every day, [Sisowath] Chittara stole bottles of wine and alcohol from my cellar”. (Page 155).
“Therefore, it is scandalous that [during our incarceration at the Royal Palace] Narindrapong and Chittara insulted shamelessly people in my retinue, their own family, and they called them ‘dirty members of the Sangkum Chas [the old society]’, ‘rotten feudal,’ and [many other epithets] that I skip here, while calling themselves followers of the ‘pure and tough Khmer Rouge revolution’”. (Page 155)
“Narindrapong was acting as a conscientious accomplice and as a subservient propagandist to the torturers and killers of their own people”. (Page 160).
Conclusion: Sisowath Chittara’s behavior under the Khmer Rouge era resembled that of Hor Nam Hong. The least that can be said is the fact that both men showed their zeal and their meanness to make themselves look good to the Khmer Rouge and, in doing so, they inflicted pains on their companions of misfortune. To witness that one is now acting as the “witness” of the other fully illustrates the old adage: “Birds of the same feather flock together.”
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