Khmer National Liberation Committee Kana Kamathikar Khmer Sang Cheat | |
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 Flag used by KNLC commander Ouch Nilpich after 1953. This flag, representing three towers of Angkor Wat, was later adopted by the Khmer Rouge.[1] | |
| President (1948-9) | Dap Chhuon |
| President (1949-53) | Leav Keo Moni |
| Supreme Army Chief (1949-52) | Prince Norodom Chantaraingsey |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Dissolved | 1953-4 |
| Merged into | United Issarak Front |
| Headquarters | North-western Cambodia |
| Newspaper | L'Indépendence, Ekareach |
| Ideology | Khmer nationalism |
The Khmer People's Liberation Committee (in Khmer language: Kana Cheat Mouta Keaha Mocchim Nokor Khmer, French: Comité de libération du peuple khmer) was a Cambodian anticolonial movement, formed by Khmer Issarak elements on 1 February 1948. It was later renamed the Khmer National Liberation Committee.
The Liberation Committee was an attempt to coordinate the efforts of the existing Issarak armed bands, some of which were sponsored by Thailand, some of which were leftist, and others of which were little more than bandit groups, to fight French colonial forces.