Kampot Bus Rebellion

The Kampot Bus Rebellion was a major uprising in the Yarphese city of Kampot on 5 October 2006 until 9 October 2006 in Kampot, Grand Yarphese Republic. The action was taken in protest to VLA communist rule, which was believed to be only a copy of the Khmer Rouge which was chased out only a few years before Yarphese invasion.

Background
In 2003, Khmer people in Kampot were unconfident that Yarphese rule was an acceptable replacement to the Khmer Rouge. They believed that the Vietnamese Liberation Army was doing little to develop the city of Kampot and nearby Khmer areas. Some Khmers formed the Chongchach Kampucheak Wimutte Sankeate (CKWS), Kampot Anti-Communist Revolutionary Society. Due to VLA restrictions, formation was extremely difficult. The first leaders were Chea Ngorn and his wife Chea Mad.

Induction
In order to be inducted into the society, one had to go through an induction ceremony which was often carried out entirely under supervision of VLA members. There were three steps in the induction process. The first step was to identify a member, which usually carried out in a public market. One wishing to identify a member would often use a signal involving placing his or her three fingers on his or her hip. If a member found that person to be worthy of membership, he or she would return the signal. Those two people would arrange a time to carry out an induction ceremony.

The second step involved the candidate coming to the member's house, which usually occurred around lunch time. Due to Yarphese laws, a Vietnamese Liberation Army member was sometimes required to monitor conversations. Occasionally VLA members sympathized with CKWS, being members of Province 6, 5th Division, 12th Force. The inductor would bring up a such conversation in order to ask the following questions, which are encoded to replace the VLA with France to ensure maximum secrecy:

"What were the Khmer Areas like before the French colonization?"

Expected answer: "The Khmer areas were prosperous with ports such as Kampot and Sihanoukville, there was a vast empire, with its religion, its own currency, it's own customs, it's own unique language and writing system, and its own people."

"What did the French bring to Yarphei?"

"The French brought nothing but misery. They tossed the Khmer areas into despair as they tried to implant their own culture and ideologies.  Furthermore, they put Khmers back several years and enslaved them."

"What was the only way out?"

"To adhere to the policies of the VLA and become a revolutionary, fighting for a cause that would bring freedom and prosperity to Cambodia."

After these questions were done, the inductor would find two inductees which would be brought to the headquarters of the army of Province 6. They would be given certain tests such as having to fire a bullet at what was thought to be a person or jump into a supposedly hot flame. When the inductee passed the tests, he or she was allowed contact with five other people in the society.

Plans
The stated purpose of the organization was to promote act of violence and peace in order to force the removal of VLA members from Kampot. They stage several protests, at first peaceful. Soon, CKWS members began more violent acts such as throwing rocks and fistfights with VLA members, resulting in the death of three VLA officers on separate occasions. The third one, Vietnamese immigrant Van Sinh Khoa was beaten with a club and killed on 2 October 2010. His death led the VLA to send troops to monitor the city of Kampot, with a guard of 10,000 Thais and Vietnamese, large compared to the population of the town. However, tensions only worsened. Chea Ngorn, living in Sihanoukville, called a gathering of members in the forest to organize a plan against the VLA.