PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia will preserve 14 sites at the last bastion of the murderous Khmer Rouge, including the home of their leader Pol Pot, as tourist attractions, an official said Wednesday.
Following Cabinet approval last week, the sites at Anlong Veng will be protected from destruction by local people and illegal encroachment, the area's district chief Yim Phana said.
Anlong Veng, about 185 miles (300 kilometers) north of Phnom Penh, fell to government forces in 1998 after nearly 20 years of fighting.
The Khmer Rouge regime, under which an estimated 1.7 million people died from execution, disease and malnutrition, was toppled in 1979 but its guerrillas fought on in the jungles, with Anlong Veng becoming their last stronghold.
Yim Phana said the 14 sites include homes belonging to Khmer Rouge leaders, an ammunition warehouse and the grave of Pol Pot, who died in 1998.
Once a remote town, Anlong Veng is now connected by good roads to nearby Thailand and Cambodia's greatest tourist attractions, the temples of Angkor.
Following Cabinet approval last week, the sites at Anlong Veng will be protected from destruction by local people and illegal encroachment, the area's district chief Yim Phana said.
Anlong Veng, about 185 miles (300 kilometers) north of Phnom Penh, fell to government forces in 1998 after nearly 20 years of fighting.
The Khmer Rouge regime, under which an estimated 1.7 million people died from execution, disease and malnutrition, was toppled in 1979 but its guerrillas fought on in the jungles, with Anlong Veng becoming their last stronghold.
Yim Phana said the 14 sites include homes belonging to Khmer Rouge leaders, an ammunition warehouse and the grave of Pol Pot, who died in 1998.
Once a remote town, Anlong Veng is now connected by good roads to nearby Thailand and Cambodia's greatest tourist attractions, the temples of Angkor.
5 comments:
I am soooo glade that it is listed as heritage site. Aust
How about adding Hun Sen birthplace and where he met and married Ka Heang as a national treasure sites for Nom Benh moi family.
Don't forget during the touring, they can still visit former khmer rouge and vietcong running the cambodian' government.
The ones who run government are not former Khmer Rouge but actually Viet Cong's Khmer.
What's Cambodian have leurned and are teaching their children now!
- Power and Money are law and god!
Chom Mey the exKhmer Rouge who clain to be Khmer Rouge's victime, great a Khmer Rouge Victime organization hope to get some money so he can make a seremoni(Party for his wife death???)
Hun Xen would not allow the ECCC to question any exKhmer Rouge who are now in hight position! or CPP members! ( What the fucking
justice)
Khmer Rouge sites??!!!! Should be preserve as History so they can teach their children and let tourist tag along. BUT mother fuckers alway go upside down with no moral and scene of right!
The top power leader of Cambodia right now are corrupted, stupid evils!!!1 If the ECCC can not give a fair scene of justice! ECCC is respondsible of heping destroy Cambodia society interm of scene of moral justice, human right value, and scene as humanbeing!!!
killing is not a crime if you have power and money! GO FOR MONEY AND POWER ANY MEAN YOU CAN IF YOU WANT (JUSTICE?) WHAT AH KWACK MOTHERFUKER TUGS TRY TO TEACH THE CHILDREN OF CAMBODIA!
GO FOR M
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