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Khmer Serei

Cambodia's regions
Dissident activities in Indochina, 1951
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The Khmer Serei (Khmer: ខ្មែរសេរី [kʰmae seːrəj]; "Free Khmer") were an anti-communist and anti-monarchist guerrilla force founded by Cambodian nationalist Son Ngoc Thanh. In 1959, he published 'The Manifesto of the Khmer Serei' claiming that Sihanouk was supporting the 'communization' of Kampuchea.[1] In the 1960s, the Khmer Serei were growing in numbers, hoping to become a major political and fighting force.

The primary objective of the Khmer Serei was to destabilize the existing powers held by the then-Cambodian leader, King Norodom Sihanouk and to overthrow his reign – and to become a permanent part of the Cambodian body politic.[2]

The Khmer Serei's relative lack of resources, poor timing, and lack of support relative to the Khmer Rouge majority and King Sihanouk led to the eventual decline of the group.

  1. ^ Ben Kiernan. How Pol Pot Came to Power: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism in Cambodia, 1930–1975, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985), p.47
  2. ^ Robert L. Turkoly-Joczik. The Khmer Serei Movement, Asian Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring, 1988), p.48
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