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The True History of Siam Khmer Freedom’s Distribution Present An SLK Publication In TTHHEE TTRRUUEE HHIISSTTOORRYY OOFF SSIIAAMM SLK Publication Vietnamese Hidden Faces behind the Killing Fields TABLE OF CONTENTS ((1)1) WWHEREHERE WWEREERE SSIAMESEIAMESE FFROM?ROM?..............................................................................................2 ((2)2) SSIAMESEIAMESE CCOPIEDOPIED NNEARLYEARLY EEVERYTHINGVERYTHING FFROMROM KKHMERHMER ............................................11 LEESS APPSARASSARAS (NNYMPHESYMPHES CCÉLESTESÉLESTES)...................................................................................................17 The rioting against the Thailand's embassy : which operations, which targets ? ..........................21 Cambodian PM tells king to stay out of riots probe .......................................................................22 Cambodia and Thailand: One year later........................................................................................23 BIIASESASES OONN TTHEHE PPARTART OOFF TTHEHE THHAIAI MMEDIAEDIA AASIDESIDE, LLETET'S AADDRESSDDRESS TTHISHIS QQUESTIONUESTION:................................24 Cambodia and Thailand discuss cultural respect...........................................................................25 We'll never give in to pressure, says PM........................................................................................25 ((3)3) CCIVILIVIL WWARSARS AANDND EEXPANSIONISMXPANSIONISM OOFF SSIAMIAM.......................................................................27 NEEWW AGGEE OOFF KIINGNG ANNGG DUUONGONG ((1845-1859)1845-1859) ....................................................................................35 ABBOUTOUT FFOREIGNOREIGN PPOLICYOLICY OOFF KIINGNG ANNGG DUUONGONG IINN LLIBERATINGIBERATING KAAMPUCHEAMPUCHEA FFROMROM SIIAMAM AANDND YUUONON:..35 TH SIIAMAM HHASAS EEXPERIENCEDXPERIENCED 1177 MMILITARYILITARY CCOUPSOUPS SSINCEINCE 11932932 TTHATHAT HHADAD TTAKENAKEN PPLACELACE OONLYNLY IINN 2200TH CEENTURYNTURY. THHATAT WWASAS RREALLYEALLY UUNBELIEVABLENBELIEVABLE SSTORYTORY:..........................................................................35 ((4)4) SSIAMESEIAMESE WWEREERE NNEVEREVER UUNDERNDER TTHEHE EEUROPEANUROPEAN CCOLONIZATIONOLONIZATION............................38 ((5)5) SSIAMESEIAMESE AARERE 6 – CCANCEROUSANCEROUS – CCENTURYENTURY – OOLDLD – HHEREDITARYEREDITARY FFOESOES OOFF KKHMERSHMERS ..............................................................................................................................................43 IN 11932932 ...............................................................................................................................................44 SIIAMESEAMESE NEEWSPAPERWSPAPER, ““TTCCHAOHAO THHAIAI” DDATEDATED OONN 3311 OCCTOBERTOBER, 11859859................................................47 POOPULATIONPULATION ....................................................................................................................................50 REEGIONSGIONS ..........................................................................................................................................50 STTATISTICSATISTICS .......................................................................................................................................52 Thai authority required Cambodian children - whose parents.......................................................53 ((6)6) TTHAISHAIS CCLAIMSLAIMS TTOO BBEE TTHEHE BBESTEST TTOLERANTOLERANT BBUDDHISTSUDDHISTS IINN TTHEHE WWORLDORLD BBUTUT SSOO BBRUTAL!RUTAL!..............................................................................................................................................54 THHEE FFALLALL OOFF TTHEHE KHHMERMER ROOUGEUGE AANDND TTHEHE NNEEDEED FFOROR RREFUGEEEFUGEE CCAMPSAMPS ..............................................55 Again, disturbing news about barbaric Thai..................................................................................57 Thai troops pull down Cambodian boundary wall .........................................................................57 THHEE NOOBLEBLE EIIGHTFOLDGHTFOLD PAATHSTHS AARERE: ................................................................................................62 SOOMEME PRRACTICEACTICE AANDND RUULESLES:............................................................................................................62 THHEE EIIGHTGHT RUULESLES OOFF MOORALITYRALITY OONN BUUDDHISTDDHIST HOOLYLY DAAYY, EESPECIALLYSPECIALLY FFOROR OOLDERLDER PPEOPLEEOPLE, NNAMELYAMELY, AABSTENTIONBSTENTION FFROMROM: ..........................................................................................................................63 BUDDHIST DIES IN THAI BOMB BLAST .................................................................................................63 The mood is of shock and anger .....................................................................................................66 Eyewitness: Thai violence aftermath..............................................................................................67 28 April violence.............................................................................................................................67 Football team mourned ..................................................................................................................68 UN demands Thai clashes inquiry..................................................................................................69 Government line .............................................................................................................................71 Analysis: Thailand's Muslim divide................................................................................................72 'Bandits' blamed for Thai attacks ...................................................................................................73 Malaysia ups Thai border security.................................................................................................74 NAATIONSTIONS CCURRENTLYURRENTLY UUNDERNDER MMILITARYILITARY RRULEULE:....................................................................................75 NAATIONSTIONS WWITHITH LLEGACIESEGACIES OOFF MMILITARYILITARY DDICTATORSHIPSICTATORSHIPS:.....................................................................75 ((7)7) TTHAILANDHAILAND EEMERGESMERGES AASS FFAKEAKE PPASSPORTASSPORT CCAPITALAPITAL .....................................................77 THAILAND EMERGES AS FAKE PASSPORT CAPITAL ............................................................................77 Advertisement .................................................................................................................................77 Khmer Freedom’s Distribution, KFD™ 2006 PART - 1 1 SLK Publication Vietnamese Hidden Faces behind the Killing Fields (1) WHERE WERE SIAMESE FROM? AS WE can see it clearly that when Siamese/Thais were brutally forced out of China to plunder Khmer lands endlessly up until today. These following more clearly evidences have shown the Siamese/Thais who are the “Six-Cancerous-Century -Old Hereditary Enemy of Khmer”, is to read like this: As has already been stated, the Ling-wai-tai-ta, dated 1178-just before the beginning of Jayavarman VII’s reign-listed Tambralinga as a dependency of Cambodia, and an inscription, at Jaiya in Grahi, in Khmer, dated 1183, records an order to the dependent ruler (called Mahasenapati-a Khmer title) by a king of Malay name, bearing both Malay and Khmer titles. The name and title of this king resemble those of a line ruling a little later in Malayu which leads Coedes to suggest that Malayu may have succeeded Srivijaya as the dominant Malay power and that Tambralinga, while still subordinate to the Khmer Empire, may have been also in some sort of vassalage to the dominant Malay power; but the use of a Malay title alone does not seem to be sufficient to create the presumption of the alienation of any part of the sovereignty of this region from Cambodia during the reign of a strong king like Suryavarman VII. But, in 1225, Chua Ju-qua lists both Tambralinga and Grahi as dependencies of San- fo-tsi (Srivijaya). This may indicate the conquest of Tambralinga from Cambodia after the death of Jayavarman VII. Then a Sanskrit inscription found at Jaiya, dated 1230, shows that an apparently independent king, Sri Dharmaraja Chandrabhanu of the Padmavanasa dynasty (The Sailendra was the ruling dynasty of San-fo-tsi at this time), was ruling at Tambralinga and Coedes suggest that he may have been under the suzerainty of Cambodia. Thus it seems practically certain that the Khmers lost Tambralinga before 1230 and that Chandrabhanu won it; for, as will be seen, he appears a little later as an independent king of Tambralinga and as such makes two expeditions to Ceylon. According to a Shan (Tai) legend, the Mau Shans overran most of the southern Indo- China in the period 1220-1230. One of their raids is said to have extended as far south as Yunsalong (Junk Ceylon), below Tambralinga. This raid, if it occurred, doubtless contributed to the weakening of the power of both Srivijaya and the Khmer Empire in this region and thus assisted Chandrabhanu in seizing the throne of Tambralinga. Thus the friendship between Chandrabhanu and the Tai leaders, which later was to bear fruit for the Tai, may have begun at this early period. The Tai, a people related to the southern Chinese in language and customs, had for several
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