According to some academics such as Ben Kiernan and Donald Kirk , the Samlaut rebellion is seen Perception_active as the initial beginnings of the Cambodian revolutionary movement ( the Cambodian Civil War ) that eventually led to victory of the Communist forces Khmer Rouge and the establishment of the Democratic Kampuchea .

Kiernan says Statement that the rebellion was the “ baptism of fire for the small but steadily growing Cambodian revolutionary movement ” while Kirk mentions that it was “ a prelude , in a microcosm , of the conflict that would sweep across the country three years later. ” Causes , Background & Origins of the Rebellion .

Centered on rapidly growing fruit plantations , it was a conflict between a ‘ rich ad enterprising Chinese bourgeoisie which has taken possession of the land , and the alienated , indebted , and already semi-independent village communities. ” According to Kiernan , it was clear that “ corruption , the misuse of military and other authority , and increasing impoverishment , in the Samlaut , Pailin and Andoeuk Hep districts , for example , created a vast reservoir of peasant unrest that lacked only a reasonably sophisticated leadership .