My dear Kacvey,

Three flat news reports came out from the City of Tonlé Buon Mouk after the visit by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Kono Taro 河野 太郎  on Sunday 8 April 2018.

Reuters wired an article: Japan, Cambodia sign $90 million aid agreement, Australian abc NEWS reported: Japan’s foreign minister seeks free and fair Cambodia polls, and Japanese NHK World had a short and soporific article: Kono urges Hun Sen to hold fair election.

You may wonder why did Mr. Kono Taro bothered to fly from Narita down to Pochentong just to repeat the same sitting-on-the-fence or watching-China-move stand like his Ambassador Hidehisa Horinouchi or the advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Kentaro SONOURA have so far done, i.e. urging Cambodia to hold free and fair elections. It seems that the Japanese definition of “free and fair elections in Cambodia” is not different from the one given by the ex-KR autocrat, albeit diametrically contrary to the philosophical and traditional democracy, respect of rule of law and intellectual integrity in the land of the Chrysanthemum Throne.

Furthermore, Japan keeps on saying “Japan will keep monitoring the situation.” Then, how much longer Japan keeps on doing that if after 60 years of diplomatic relationship, Japan has not succeeded to find out how Cambodia has navigated under 33 years of the ex-KR rule? Maybe Japanese electronics giants could provide a bigger central government database under a free-interest loan agreement to monitor Cambodia’s political pulse!

One could just wonder how foreign affairs conducted by the land of the Rising Sun toward Cambodia have become in the current rise of those of the Middle Kingdom.

Kacvey, should Khmer people thank Japan for the gift of an imaginary nihonto 日本刀 to the ex-KR autocrat to slaughter the remnants of Khmer democracy?

My dear Kacvey,

Do you recall this statement by the ទីងមោង​ before he left for Sydney for its burning and that was reported by RFA on 14 March 2018 under the title លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ​វៀតណាម​បង្ហាញ​ភាព​ស្មោះត្រង់​ករណី​លោក សម រង្ស៊ី:  “លោក​អះអាង​ថា ក្នុង​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​អាស៊ាន​-​អូស្ត្រាលី នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៧ ខែ​មីនា​ខាង​មុខ​នេះ លោក​នឹង​សួរ​មេដឹកនាំ​វៀតណាម​ឲ្យ​ពន្យល់​រឿង​ប្រមុខ​ការ​ទូត​វៀតណាម​លួច​ជួប​ចរចា​គ្នា​ជាមួយ​លោក សម រង្ស៊ី។ ជាងនេះទៅទៀត លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​វៀតណាម បង្ហាញ​កំណត់ហេតុ​នៃ​ជំនួប​នោះ​ទៀត​ផង៖ «ខ្ញុំ​នឹង​សួរ​មេដឹកនាំ​លើ​រឿង​នេះ​តើ​កាល​ហ្នឹង​និយាយ​គ្នា​ពី​អី ខ្ញុំ​គ្រាន់តែ​ចង់​ដឹង​ថា តើ​ពេល​ហ្នឹង​គេ​និយាយ​ពី​អី បើ​មិត្ត​វៀតណាម​ស្មោះត្រង់​ជាមួយ​ខ្ញុំ តើ​ពេល​លោក​ហ្នឹង (លោក សម រង្ស៊ី) ទៅ​ទស្សនៈ​នៅ​ហាណូយ និង​នៅ​តៃនិញ និយាយ​អី​ខ្លះ»”

The Summit ASEAN-Australia being already over, why Séiha or The Tamarind Tree or Frakesh News have been so quiet on that promise? Would the ទីងមោង​ vassal have had chickened out in front of his lord? When standing or sitting next to his Vietnamese master, would ទីងមោង​’s mouth and brain have had been frozen out? Would ទីងមោង​ have had been secretly admonished and warned?

BTW ទីងមោង​ talked a lot with his hypocrite Khmer sycophants on Friday evening of 16 March 2018 but not a word of his has come out from the forum with other leaders, also autocratic and repressive or otherwise. Perhaps, when ទីងមោង​ talks, nobody listen, if he knows how to talk sense in world arena!

Kacvey, please let us know should something come out after the ទីងមោង​ would have returned to the City of Tonlé Buon Mouk, and hope the Singaporean doctors would advise him to go through a burn therapy.