Generally speaking, when taking a big group photo, the protagonist stands in the C position, but when we look at this photo, the C position is King Sihanouk and Jyo Sampan, but we can't find the famous Pol Pot.
Look closely, the first person on the left is Pol Pot, because the age is far away, the photo is not clear, the light is not played well, Pol Pot's face appears blurry, do not look carefully, it is really impossible to see that it is him. Sihanouk and Jyotsamphan, who were standing in the c position, knew who it was at a glance, and it was clear and clear.
No wonder important people like to stand c position, standing c position to take pictures how good, eye-catching. Why doesn't Pol Pot take the c position, but to stand on the side of the photo?
This is because Pol Pot is very low-key. This photograph was taken in 1973 when King Sihanouk came to visit the Base of Chi Kampuk, when Pol Pot was already the number one person in TheKhmer Rouge, but he hid himself and few people knew about him. There are any activities that let Jonsampan come forward.
When Sihanouk cooperated with ThekhSkti khwa from 1970 to 1975, King Sihanouk always thought that the number one leader of the Khikni Khwa was Khieu Sam Pan, and had no idea who Pol Pot was.
Of course, there are advantages to this, and Pol Pot has never been caught in the struggle against the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Lon Nol regime. Vietnam's ruler, Le Son, often went to jail during guerrilla warfare.
It is the way to be safe to keep a low profile to ensure Pol Pot's safety, always shooting the head bird, hiding himself in the crowd, not being noticed, not being jealous. Perhaps, as our ancient Chinese Taoists said, the divine dragon sees the beginning and does not see the end, and it is out of the gods and ghosts.
Pol Pot is of Chinese descent, and although he does not know Chinese characters and has not read ancient Chinese literature, he is in line with many Chinese philosophical theories in his handling of people. If he studied and studied, it should be a very good road, but he took a road of no return, preferring to politics and seizing power, and as a result, he tossed the people and abused the people against nature, and in just three years, the Cambodian population was reduced by 1/3, and the people did not have a good life, and the mourning was everywhere.
Politicians in general like to be in the limelight and flaunt, but Pol Pot is the opposite. He does not like to be in the limelight, is low-key, does not like to publicize himself, and does not like to be interviewed by reporters. He hid himself deeply.
Finally, when Pol Pot was the ruler of Cambodia, the profiles he published were all fake. He was not a rubber worker at all, as he was described, but as sent to France by the Prince of Cambodia. Born into a kulak, his sister and cousin both worked as an actress in the Royal Ballet, and later became a concubine of King Moniwang, who also bore him a son. King Moniwang was King Sihanouk's grandfather. Pol Pot's brother also became a clerk in the king's office by nepotism.
References: Sihanoukville, Biography of Pol Pot