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FULRO Insurgency
The United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (, abbreviated FULRO) waged a nearly three decade long insurgency against the governments of North and South Vietnam, and later the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The FULRO insurgents represented the interests of indigenous Muslim and Hindu Cham, Montagnards, and Buddhist Khmer Krom against the ethnic Kinh Vietnamese. They were supported and equipped by China and Cambodia according to those countries' interests in the Indochina Wars. Background The Muslim and Hindu Cham people were the remnants of the Kingdom of Champa settlers, which had been conquered by Đại Việt in a series of wars. The last remnant of the Champa state was conquered in 1832 by the expansionist Vietnamese emperor Minh Mạng. The Cham people under the leadership of the Muslim priest Katip Sumat who had returned from Kelantan declared a Jihad against Vietnam but the rebellion was eventually crushed. Ethnic Vietnamese colonists settled on Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persecution Of The Montagnard In Vietnam
The native inhabitants of the Central Highlands of Vietnam are known as the Montagnard. The Vietnamese conquered the Central Highlands during their "march to the south" ( Nam tiến). Ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) people now outnumber the indigenous Degars (considered a derogatory term) after state-sponsored colonization directed by both the government of South Vietnam and the current Communist government of unified Vietnam. The Montagnards have engaged in conflicts with the Vietnamese, from the anti-Communist South Vietnamese government, the Viet Cong, to the Communist government of unified Vietnam. There are contrasting views on this issue, as the constitution of the government of Vietnam states "Article 36 of the Constitution, the state invests heavily in education and supports various preferential programmes for ethnic minorities, like ethnic minority boarding schools, lower entry requirements and quota for minorities." Both the initial 1945 constitution and the revised 1992 cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
