Thursday, May 21, 2009
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — A Cambodian photographer's attempt to sell the sandals of late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot has yielded only one bid -- 790,000 fake dollars offered in protest at the sale, a report said.
Nhem En, who photographed inmates at the regime's main torture centre and also snapped pictures at official regime ceremonies, announced last month he was selling the footwear along with two cameras.
The shoes belonging to Pol Pot, who died in 1998, were made of car tyre, while the two cameras were manufactured in Germany and Japan.
But "bidder" Pok Leak Reasey told English-language Phnom Penh Post newspaper that he was offering 790,000 fake dollar bills traditionally used to make offerings to spirits of the dead.
"And the reason why I have offered the money in ghost notes is because I want to say that all material remaining from the regime is worth nothing," he said, according to the paper.
Ghost money is used during funeral rites in many parts of Asia.
Up to two million people died of starvation, execution, overwork or torture as the Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, dismantled society in a bid to forge a communist utopia.
The former chief of Tuol Sleng prison, Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- is currently on trial for crimes committed during the regime.
Cambodia's UN-backed court also plans to try four other senior Khmer Rouge leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Nhem En, who photographed inmates at the regime's main torture centre and also snapped pictures at official regime ceremonies, announced last month he was selling the footwear along with two cameras.
The shoes belonging to Pol Pot, who died in 1998, were made of car tyre, while the two cameras were manufactured in Germany and Japan.
But "bidder" Pok Leak Reasey told English-language Phnom Penh Post newspaper that he was offering 790,000 fake dollar bills traditionally used to make offerings to spirits of the dead.
"And the reason why I have offered the money in ghost notes is because I want to say that all material remaining from the regime is worth nothing," he said, according to the paper.
Ghost money is used during funeral rites in many parts of Asia.
Up to two million people died of starvation, execution, overwork or torture as the Khmer Rouge, which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, dismantled society in a bid to forge a communist utopia.
The former chief of Tuol Sleng prison, Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- is currently on trial for crimes committed during the regime.
Cambodia's UN-backed court also plans to try four other senior Khmer Rouge leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
12 comments:
Well done my friend!!
Ah Muk Luy finally give up? Ah Muk Krass kit te pi Luy Luy Luy Luy! trov kit pi Cheat aing khlass phong! ah thork tiep muk krass niss...
Ah Sdach Sihanouk midget started it all! Ah Sdach Pleu Lop Lop was a real killer of his own people and destroyed his own country! Khmer people will curse ah Sdach Pleu 24 hours aday forever.....!!
Norodoom teuk dey khmer!!
nhem en must be a right hand of pol pot whose has all the stuff of his boss. he should be arrested and questioned about his involvement during the terror regime of khmer rouge including eang vuth, e chhean and others khmer rouge top officials families.
Cambodia has stupid and uneducated leaders, and Dumbass Sdach pleu running the country....
Ah Norodoom Sihanouk pleu!
Noun Chea was the one who gave an order to kill all khmer people around the country that time! Noun Chea was running away from authority, he' did it for revenge!!
Noun Chea should be hung outside...
Unbelievable that we have such creative person offered such creative idea.
Nhem En should put these craps for auction on eBay. I'll make an offer for one cent with real US Dollar.
He is a KR. He does not deserve anything.
Yok tov a En !!! Luy copied! yok tov dott kluon eng tov !
again, If SAMAK MITH NHEM EN could put POL POT 's sandals and Toilet Seat for sale, why not SAMAK MITH TA (SIHANOUK) 's HOCHIMINH Sandals and his coloredful Scarfe ( KRAMA) for sale too since SIHANOUK jumped POL POT into his Killing Fields Machine.
From One Of The Survivors of Our Own KING SIHANOUK Killing Fields
who want to buy that shit and i must throw shit on your face nhem en you are a real polpot henchman. i am right with 0 dollar for you or copied dollar for the ghost for you. the killers of their own people of more than five millions not only wrongly recorded (1980) of 3.3 millions or the utopic more than 2 millions or 1.7 millions ...
the real killers are polpot, ieng sary, khieu samphan, nuon chea, ieng thirith, ta mok, ker pork, son sen, ros nhim, so phim, nhem en, duch, ieng vuth, y chhean plus the 197 prison chiefs and their deputies.
please record this census in your book mr eccc. thank.
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