[Vietnamization] Cambodia's Curse: "Prince Chakrapong, King Sihanouk's black-sheep son, who had slunk off to Vietnam after his secession scheme failed."

CAMBODIA'S CURSE (Joel Brinkley)

In June 1994... Rumors that Sihanouk was coming back rippled through Phnom Penh, to his delight... "The people see that unless Sihanouk takes power, there is no leader capable of reuniting the country."...

Listening to all of this, Hun Sen warned him...

It turned out this drama had other players, too. A month after Sihanouk left Phnom Penh, a column of military troop transports and armed personnel carriers rumbled along the toad toward the capital from the east [read, Vietnam], carrying about three hundred men armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.... Prince Chakrapong, King Sihanouk's black-sheep son, who had slunk off to Vietnam after his secession scheme failed.

[Theary Seng: As the umbilical cord of this CPP has never been cut to its birth parent Vietnam, it is surprising that Vietnam continues to interfere militarily, the most recently when blood flowed in January 2014 at Veng Sreng. Hun Sen was at his lowest in December 2013, beaten down by the regular demonstrations calling for him to step down, till the CPP's visit to Vietnam, returning confident to spill blood at Veng Sreng. The other notorious example is the 1997 coup, again after consultation with and assurance of Vietnam.]