Cambodia: The Betrayal

4/11/2026

With Cambodia still recovering from the traumas of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government that saw hundreds of thousands of citizens killed, journalist John Pilger has returned to investigate rumours that he, now exiled in neighbouring Thailand, is plotting to return and reclaim power. Those allegations are not so surprising, what is, though, is the suggestion that his organisation is being resourced indirectly by the West. Despite denials from Washington, London and Berlin the evidence uncovered by his research indicates that weaponry was being supplied, via third party licencees, to forces loyal to Pol Pot. Using some pretty potent archive and especially shot footage, this commentary shows us a largely agrarian population trying to deal with the effects of the brutal and indiscriminate attacks