Kambol (Phnom Penh, Cambodia). 12/08/2009: Many Cambodians, who came from the countryside, attend Duch’s trial each day (pictured: a villager before an ECCC screen) (Photo: John Vink/ Magnum)13-08-2009
By Stéphanie Gée
Ka-set
Mrs Bou Thoeun, a survivor of Prey Sar (S-24), took the stand on Wednesday August 11th to recount the hell she went through and offered a rare moment of intense emotion. She threw her indelible wounds, probably suppressed until then, at the tribunal, reminding each and everyone why it was created and placing the victims back at the heart of Duch’s trial. The accused was not impervious to these outbursts of suffering and anger, and declared he was ready to offer himself to his compatriots’ wrath and accept the punishment they would like to impose on him.
Anlong Korn, a component of Prey Sar
“I suffered a lot because I was beaten. Because I did not manage to do what I was asked to do, I was mistreated. I was between life and death. Only I survived. My daughters and other relatives are dead and I found myself alone after the end of the Khmer Rouge regime.” From the start of her testimony, Mrs Bou Thoeun, who belonged to the “new people,” the “April 17th,” soberly summarised her personal tragedy. Shortly after her husband, carrier at the Ministry of Energy, “disappeared” in 1977, she was sent to Anlong Korn, South from Prey Sar, “in some kind of transit for prisoners before they were divided between different sites.” One month before, she had given birth to a fourth child. The accused later explained that Anlong Korn “was an important office, that is where Huy was stationed, the director of Prey Sar, which included this village.
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Anlong Korn, a component of Prey Sar
“I suffered a lot because I was beaten. Because I did not manage to do what I was asked to do, I was mistreated. I was between life and death. Only I survived. My daughters and other relatives are dead and I found myself alone after the end of the Khmer Rouge regime.” From the start of her testimony, Mrs Bou Thoeun, who belonged to the “new people,” the “April 17th,” soberly summarised her personal tragedy. Shortly after her husband, carrier at the Ministry of Energy, “disappeared” in 1977, she was sent to Anlong Korn, South from Prey Sar, “in some kind of transit for prisoners before they were divided between different sites.” One month before, she had given birth to a fourth child. The accused later explained that Anlong Korn “was an important office, that is where Huy was stationed, the director of Prey Sar, which included this village.
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1 comment:
Concerning Khmer Rouge killed million of people, let me calm you down, I know Cambodian people very mad and continue to stay mad until vanishing of the Khmer territory (Cambodia) be gone to hell, and you and I wouldn’t have no home (Cambodia) to live on. I feel that this is because most of you want your motherland (Cambodia) to be destroyed. Now back talking about Vietnam, you always mention that there’s lot of Vietnamese in Cambodia and they may be taking over Cambodia, think about it? Why can you start to reunite with Khmer and Khmer, forget about Khmer Rouge business, in this way we would win to any enemy who try to take over Cambodia. Do you understand my point? How about you keep getting mad and mad with Khmer Rouge, Khmer Rouge killed my family….What’s is the deal? It’s over now, its past thirty years now Okay!....
I know most of you believe in God, Buddha and other religion, if so whoever commit bad thing that person will receive bad thing what that person did. For those who had died at S-21 or other place in Cambodia, think about it if you are a very religious and believe in God ‘Buddha’. They might have had a very bad ‘SIN’ from their past lives. And why some Khmer Rouge…Khmer Rouge killers and Khmer Rouge soldier still alive (me of course), thus they might be from their past lives they could had committed a good thing. What do you think? You are very smart and brilliant Cambodian people. I would refer you to read my comment was on 2:04 AM John Dewhirst murder.
Someone said Angkorian people never did kill and destroyed their people, you didn’t know, what had happened at that era. I’m sure we had war with the neighbor, like Champa and Siamese, why the Kingdom of Khmer Empire became so smaller and smaller? This was because Khmer and Khmer did not get unite and could had been always fought with each other. Let’s take a look at present day in regard to Lady Mu Sochua and Samdech Deychu Hen Sen, priminister of Cambodia and Khmer Rouge case which is never going to be ended, I think. This is Khmer and Khmer keep fighting. Do you see my point of view now ?
Brother and Sister, I think this might be too long for you, you take care and stop using offensive language here, and it’s not professional.
AngkorianMan Krama Man
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