| Mouvement National | |
| Native Name: | MONATIO |
| War: | Cambodian Civil War |
| Active: | 17 April 1975 |
| Ideology: | Khmer nationalism |
| Opponents: | Khmer Rouge |
| Battles: | Fall of Phnom Penh |
MONATIO, short for Mouvement National (English: "National Movement"), was a short-lived, supposedly nationalist, political faction in Cambodia. The exact nature of the group is still obscure. On April 17, 1975, as the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh, this group took out a motor-cavalcade on the streets of the capital welcoming the arrival of the Khmer Rouge.[1]
The group consisted of a handful of soldiers, dressed in black uniforms, accompanied by a number of students. MONATIO was led by Hem Keth Dara and the whole group in turn manipulated by Lon Non, brother of Lon Nol.[1] [2]
Initially tolerated by the Khmer Rouge, MONATIO members were later rounded up and executed.[2] [3] The Khmer Rouge regime later claimed that MONATIO had been a CIA conspiracy against the revolutionary government.[4]
A movie on the events of 1975, called MONATIO, was made by Norodom Sihanouk.[5]