'BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BACKED ORGANISATIONS PLOTTING COLOUR REVOLUTION IN CAMBODIA'

According to information and documents, controversial businessman George Soros' Open Society Foundations was also involved in the 'anti Cambodian' government groups.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

Documents and internal communications shared with The Sunday Guardian have indicated and claimed that a colour revolution, similar to what was witnessed in Bangladesh, was recently attempted and is still being attempted in Cambodia by the United States-based and -backed civil society and government groups.

As per internal emails, reports and documents shared with The Sunday Guardian, a cocktail of agencies situated in the US and other countries, in collaboration with political dissenters in Cambodia used the issue of Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area (CLV-DTA) agreement to push the Cambodian government to the back foot and subsequently execute a long standing operation to remove the incumbent government from power and install a pro-Washington face in Phnom Penh.

THE BACKGROUND

The government in Cambodia is presently headed by Prime Minister Hun Manet, who is the vice president of the Cambodian People Party. He had succeeded his father Hun Sen, who currently serves as the President of the Senate. Hun Sen previously served as the Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1985 to 1993 and from 1998 to 2023, and was the longest-serving head of government in Cambodia's history. He is also the president of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP).

On 2 August, PM Manet had said that Cambodians should be careful of protesting against the government, citing Bangladesh's recent demonstrations in its capital that caused that country's leader to resign and flee the country.

"I don't want to see this type of situation happening in Cambodia, especially in Phnom Penh," he had said while referring to a huge anti-government protest planned on 18 August in Phnom Penh.

However, the protest could not turn into a large-scale event due to the government knowing about it in advance.