The word ‘yuon’ and its origins When the Post refers to accusations made against the CNRP for using “inflammatory rhetoric”, we do not only refer to the use of the word yuon by political leaders (which has been condemned by local human rights organisations), but also wider references made towards a specific ethnic group, rather than a foreign government, by the opposition party. School of Vice: Local human rights agencies along with so-called foreign experts are equally guilty of perpetuating and exploiting the politically correct but wholly inaccurate interpretation and rendering of the usage and actual meaning associated with the term Yuon as referred to a specific ethnic group. The Post is and has been equally guilty of pedaling this same myth by echoing the familiar charge of inflammatory rhetoric and derogatory references to the above mentioned term whilst ignoring its historical-linguistic context and place within the Khmer language medium. Were Cambodia as a small country not being so inundated and threatened by Vietnams de facto political strangling and domination over her destiny and internal affairs within recent decades and in centuries past, there would have been little controversy and weight attached to the terms usage in either politics or social sphere. On the other hand, it would have been irresponsible of opposition groups or politicians not to be addressing this issue of unjust foreign interference in Cambodian national life and hence infringement of Cambodias national sovereignty as guaranteed under the PPA through this one-sided relationship between Cambodia and her eastern neighbours under the direction and state led policy of Vietnam as a hegemonic power and state.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 01:56:11 +0000
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