In August 1992, journalist Nate Thayer traveled to Mondulkiri and visited the last FULRO base.Nate Thayer, "Montagnard Army Seeks UN Help. Phnom Penh Post, September 12, 1992. Thayer informed the group that their leader, Y Bham, had been executed by the Khmer Rouge seventeen years previously. The FULRO troops surrendered their weapons in October 1992; many of this group were given asylum in the United States.Nate Thayer and Leo Dobbs, "Tribal Fighters Head for Refuge in USA. Phnom Penh Post, October 23, 1992. Even at this late stage, they only decided to give up armed struggle when they finally heard that Y Bham Enuol had been executed in April 1975.
