Yes Sir, there was a corrupted in Centrist, Nuetral and rightists government too.
For example: Colonel Sompeth Sotfavanh,
Who replaced General Kong Le as commander-in -Chief of the centrist army on March 20, 1967, was a very different sort a man. following the example of set by the rightist Generals, he obtained the funds to build a large concrete house in Vientiane, Something General Kong Le had never had or needed. It was wildly said in Vientiane that the price of Colonel Sompeth's agreement to the integration of the Centrist army was $20,000 and the King's commission that legalized his grade. Nevertheless, When the communist captured Muong Soui in June 1969, It was revealed that half of the soldiers on Colonel Sompheth's payroll were nonexistent. See that !!! As result of this scandal, Prince Sengsouvanh Souvannarath , Son of former Prime Minister Souvannarath and a nephew of Souvanna Phouma. was brought back from Paris. promoted to the rank of General, ( I don't know if this Prince have ever had train in the Battle field ) Anyway, and they placed him in command of the Centrist army over Sompeth. The planned integration of the centrists and rightists never materialized; Morale among the centrist troops , however, declined, and corruption spread like wildfire through the ranks, eroding the old discipline that General Kong Le had one instilled.
I can go on and on Both PDR's and Royal Governments about corruption but i don't want to bring it up just to make my fellow laonai and laonoks fight over in 30 or 40 something years.
And I also would like to apologize to to Colonel Sompeth's families or his descendant that live in or outside the country, this is not something i like to embarrass your family or something, Please understand what i try to do here...
Most information i knew about our country LAOS, I Obtained or got it from U.S.Defense library Department.
I don't like to hear people talk or rumour about it...
Yes Sir, there was a corrupted in Centrist, Nuetral and rightists government too.
For example: Colonel Sompeth Sotfavanh,
Who replaced General Kong Le as commander-in -Chief of the centrist army on March 20, 1967, was a very different sort a man. following the example of set by the rightist Generals, he obtained the funds to build a large concrete house in Vientiane, Something General Kong Le had never had or needed. It was wildly said in Vientiane that the price of Colonel Sompeth's agreement to the integration of the Centrist army was $20,000 and the King's commission that legalized his grade. Nevertheless, When the communist captured Muong Soui in June 1969, It was revealed that half of the soldiers on Colonel Sompheth's payroll were nonexistent. See that !!! As result of this scandal, Prince Sengsouvanh Souvannarath , Son of former Prime Minister Souvannarath and a nephew of Souvanna Phouma. was brought back from Paris. promoted to the rank of General, ( I don't know if this Prince have ever had train in the Battle field ) Anyway, and they placed him in command of the Centrist army over Sompeth. The planned integration of the centrists and rightists never materialized; Morale among the centrist troops , however, declined, and corruption spread like wildfire through the ranks, eroding the old discipline that General Kong Le had one instilled.
I can go on and on Both PDR's and Royal Governments about corruption but i don't want to bring it up just to make my fellow laonai and laonoks fight over in 30 or 40 something years.
And I also would like to apologize to to Colonel Sompeth's families or his descendant that live in or outside the country, this is not something i like to embarrass your family or something, Please understand what i try to do here...
Most information i knew about our country LAOS, I Obtained or got it from U.S.Defense library Department.
I don't like to hear people talk or rumour about it...
Yes Sir, there was a corrupted in Centrist, Nuetral and rightists government too.
For example: Colonel Sompeth Sotfavanh,
Who replaced General Kong Le as commander-in -Chief of the centrist army on March 20, 1967, was a very different sort a man. following the example of set by the rightist Generals, he obtained the funds to build a large concrete house in Vientiane, Something General Kong Le had never had or needed. It was wildly said in Vientiane that the price of Colonel Sompeth's agreement to the integration of the Centrist army was $20,000 and the King's commission that legalized his grade. Nevertheless, When the communist captured Muong Soui in June 1969, It was revealed that half of the soldiers on Colonel Sompheth's payroll were nonexistent. See that !!! As result of this scandal, Prince Sengsouvanh Souvannarath , Son of former Prime Minister Souvannarath and a nephew of Souvanna Phouma. was brought back from Paris. promoted to the rank of General, ( I don't know if this Prince have ever had train in the Battle field ) Anyway, and they placed him in command of the Centrist army over Sompeth. The planned integration of the centrists and rightists never materialized; Morale among the centrist troops , however, declined, and corruption spread like wildfire through the ranks, eroding the old discipline that General Kong Le had one instilled.
I can go on and on Both PDR's and Royal Governments about corruption but i don't want to bring it up just to make my fellow laonai and laonoks fight over in 30 or 40 something years.
And I also would like to apologize to to Colonel Sompeth's families or his descendant that live in or outside the country, this is not something i like to embarrass your family or something, Please understand what i try to do here...
Most information i knew about our country LAOS, I Obtained or got it from U.S.Defense library Department.
I don't like to hear people talk or rumour about it...
Would'ya excuse, May i ask you a person who wrote in Lao Language ? What are you to to Colonel Sompeth ? relatives ? Brother, Sister ? Nephew, Niece ? Son Daughter ? or you're his a plentices back then ?
Would'ya excuse, May i ask you a person who wrote in Lao Language ? What are you to to Colonel Sompeth ? relatives ? Brother, Sister ? Nephew, Niece ? Son Daughter ? or you're his a plentices back then ?
Would'ya excuse, May i ask you a person who wrote in Lao Language ? What are you to to Colonel Sompeth ? relatives ? Brother, Sister ? Nephew, Niece ? Son Daughter ? or you're his a plentices back then ?
