By Kay Kimsong
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
More than 100 former Khmer Rouge families living around Phnom Voar in Kampot province will hold a Buddhist ceremony on Thursday to honor at least 10 Cambodians and three Westerners killed in a 1994 Khmer Rouge train ambush, officials said. The ceremony will also honor thousands of villagers from the area who died during the Khmer Rouge regime, said Keo Kim, chief of Dang Tong district's Sre Chea Khang Choeung commune. Invitations to the ceremony have been sent to the parents of the Australian, British and French victims and to their embassies in Phnom Penh, said Chen Chanrathana, president of Phnom Voar Development Community, the NGO organizing the ceremony. So far, only the French Embassy has confirmed attendance, he said. The ceremony will take place at Snach Prey Baramei Phnom Voar, a wat that was turned into a prison by the Khmer Rouge, according to Dien Dy, who is bringing more than 90 monks from Phnom Penh to attend the ceremony.
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