A family member who was there provided me these points: As the civil war ended, the armed population was told by the king to give their weapons back to the gov

A family member who was there provided me these points: As the civil war ended, the armed population was told by the king to give their weapons back to the government. The Khmer Rouge kept their arms and 1) easily overtook disarmed areas, and 2) intercepted the shipments of arms which were collected.