At the same time, the Khmer Rouge retreated west and it continued to control certain areas near the Thai border for the next decade.Bultmann Daniel (2015). Inside Cambodian Insurgency. A Sociological Perspective on Civil Wars and Conflict. Ashgate: Burlington, Vermont; Farnham, England. . These included Phnom Malai, the mountainous areas near Pailin in the Cardamom Mountains and Anlong Veng in the Dângrêk Mountains. These Khmer Rouge bases were not self-sufficient and were funded by diamond and timber smuggling, military assistance from China channeled by means of the Thai military, and food smuggled from markets across the border in Thailand.Fawthrop, Tom; Jarvis, Helen (2014). Getting Away With Genocide?. .
At the same time, the Khmer Rouge retreated west and it continued to control certain areas near the Thai border for the next decade.Bultmann Daniel (2015). Inside Cambodian Insurgency. A Sociological Perspective on Civil Wars and Conflict. Ashgate Burlington, Vermont; Farnham, England. . These inc:luded Phnom Malai, the mountainous areas near Pailin in the Cardamom Mountains and Anlong Veng in the Dângrêk Mountains. These Khmer Rouge bases were not self-sufficient and were funded by diamond and timbe,r smuggling, military assistance from China channeled by means of the Thai military, and food smuggled from markets across the border in Thailand.Fawthrop Tom; Jarvis, Helen (2014). Getting Away With Genocide?. .