| The standing army was in the process of disintegration as lower ranking officers defected to the opposition. |
| Ming generals, who had been dispatched to the northern frontier to check growing Manchu incursions, defected to the invaders. |
| Ieng Sary eventually defected to the government, helping end the long civil war. |
| Some defected to the opposition, some began voting for other parties on the left and many simply stopped voting. |
| Nothing untoward happened to the traitor until he upped sticks and defected to Moscow. |
| That majority has eroded to a handful of seats over the past three years after several allies defected to the opposition. |
