ANLONG SAN, Cambodia, Mar 1, 2009 (UPI) -- As trials of senior Khmer Rouge leaders begin in Cambodia, guards who worked under them allege they had to kill or be killed.
"We were victims, too," said Him Huy, the head guard at Tuol Sleng, a house of torture where nearly 14,000 people died from 1975 to 1979.
The prisoners knelt at the edge of mass graves while guards bashed their heads and toppled them into the pits, Him Huy, 53, told The International Herald Tribune in a story published Sunday.
Today Him Huy is a farmer with nine children and is well-liked in his village. A handful of the people who survived Tuol Sleng, however, allege he was a seasoned killer, the Tribune reported.
A prison document bearing his signature from July 23, 1977, reports the killing of 18 prisoners. A note scribbled at the bottom reads: "Also killed 160 children today for a total of 178 enemies killed."
Five senior Khmer Rouge figures go on trial this week in Phnom Penh for the deaths of at least 1.7 million people who died of starvation, overwork, torture and execution. Thousands of lesser leaders, including Him Huy, are unlikely to face trial, the Tribune reported.
"We were victims, too," said Him Huy, the head guard at Tuol Sleng, a house of torture where nearly 14,000 people died from 1975 to 1979.
The prisoners knelt at the edge of mass graves while guards bashed their heads and toppled them into the pits, Him Huy, 53, told The International Herald Tribune in a story published Sunday.
Today Him Huy is a farmer with nine children and is well-liked in his village. A handful of the people who survived Tuol Sleng, however, allege he was a seasoned killer, the Tribune reported.
A prison document bearing his signature from July 23, 1977, reports the killing of 18 prisoners. A note scribbled at the bottom reads: "Also killed 160 children today for a total of 178 enemies killed."
Five senior Khmer Rouge figures go on trial this week in Phnom Penh for the deaths of at least 1.7 million people who died of starvation, overwork, torture and execution. Thousands of lesser leaders, including Him Huy, are unlikely to face trial, the Tribune reported.
7 comments:
ofcause they are the victime of ah KILLER HUN SEN .. we all Khmer know that
Blaming duch? you'r holding the hammer in your hand and did the killing..? lier!lier!lier! you killed people before you got the order...stop lying!
If you don't vote for SRP watch out for Him Huy (Ah Scam Rainxy Personal Hit Man). He has send many people to the mass grave over the last 20 years or so that was ordered directly from his boss (Ah Scam Rainxy).
The fellow of opposition party are the most Jelousing people in the world.
Yes, and that is why they want to steal Cambodia from Khmer people.
9:34 AM after I FUCK your wife and daughter you still bark for me ... what a retard SOB ..
HUN SEN
5:58AM! why don't you fuck Viet Whore mother instead? yep, go and fuck your sister too...ok! Ah viet-leech from Svy Pak'slum!
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