Venerable Por Vinh from Angkor Chum pagoda, it's fine for you to thank the Viets, but don't preach us to ignore their occupation

Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Opinion from Khmers who were saved from death

By Venerable Por Vinh
Abbot of Angkor Chum Pagoda, Texas, USA

All human beings must accept the truth,
Those who know the truth are the ones who experienced it.

For the majority of Cambodians who knew life under the Khmer Rouge regime, they clearly know how miserable it was. Can you all remember that at the end of 1978, Cambodians were almost all dead? Furthermore, in some areas, the Khmer Rouge were planning to kill Cambodians, they ordered the digging of ditches, ponds, then they call in people for a meeting in large forums where they closed all doors, then they exploded mines to kill them. All those who suffered, they all raise their hands to pray so that they would survive during that period.

Those who were killed, nobody saved them from death, those who saved us, be they savage people, ogres, tigers, snakes, ghosts or anything else, those are the ones whom we owe our gratitude.

Therefore, all Cambodians should not misconstrue the celebration of 07 January, at least we celebrate it to commemorate the day we escape death. For any other problems, we should not criticize them, they are not useful for the development of our country, they only bring in dispute, upheaval, worries to the people so that they are concerned and cannot sleep because of the politicians…

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KI-Media Note: Lest Venerable Por Vinh forgets, may we remind him the following quote from Lord Buddha's Teaching:

“Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

May the venerable be able to forever sleep in peace every night and not be concerned about the worries of Khmers who are currently suffering from injustice, forced evictions, land-grabbing, lawlessness, impunity in the name of the same "development" that the venerable is preaching!

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