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Cease Fire – 1994

On May 28, 1994, the National Assembly delegation and the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a statement in Pyongyang that top representatives of the KOC, namely the National Assembly and the Royal Government, fully accepted the king’s proposal for a cease-fire. However, the ceasefire proposal was rejected by the Khmer Rouge.¹

“The Cambodian parliament adopted legislation here Thursday to outlaw the Khmer Rouge after including amendments to safeguard against human rights abuses. Interior Minister You Hokry said here Tuesday (July 5, 1994) that the authorities were still holding 14 Thai citizens in connection with a failed coup bid during the last weekend. This included the arrest of former Interior Minister Sing Song, Interior Secretary of State Sin Sen and Senior Police Officer Tes Choy. However, the alleged coup plot co-leader Prince Norodom Chakrapong, half brother of Prince Ranariddh, was allowed, through the intervention of his father, the king, to leave the country for Malaysia. The government is currently hunting two interior minister generals and an Undersecretary of State Defense Chhay Sang Yung, all three of whom may have fled to Vietnam.”²

It was reported that the Khmer Rouge had committed atrocities against civilians in the last three months of the year, as part of their campaign against the government. From April through June attempts to begin peace talks were made, but they fail due to the Khmer Rouge refusal to agree to a ceasefire.³

1. “Khmer Rouge rejects cease-fire schedule,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, May 30, 1994.
2. “Cambodian parliament passes law banning Khmer Rouge,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, July 7, 1994.
3. “Cambodia,” Uppsala Conflict Data Program, accessed July 19, 2010, http://www.pcr.uu.se/gpdatabase/gpcountry.php?id=27®ionSelect=7-Eastern_Asia#1992.