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| Cambodian Students line up to attend the Khmer Rouge trial in Phnom Penh, June 27, 2011. (Photo: Daniel Schearf, VOA) |
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Say Mony, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“But why did they kill their own people? They should not have committed genocide against their own race.”
As more Khmer Rouge leaders are put on trial by a UN-backed tribunal, some Cambodians students say they don’t believe their defense claims, that they established an ultra-Maoist regime to prevent Cambodia from falling into foreign hands.
The tribunal has put the crimes of the Khmer Rouge back into the public consciousness, and many of the young generation are now learning more about the regime than they learned from parents who often withhold their own stories of atrocities.
“Normally, any leader who has made a mistake never confessing to having committed a massacre,” said Thoeun Novel, a freshman at the Royal University of Law and Economics, as a guest on “Hello VOA” Monday. “However, they must take full responsibility for their mistakes.”
Thoeun Novel attended a preliminary hearing for four Khmer Rouge leaders who will face trial for atrocity crimes later this year.
Nuon Chea, the regime’s chief ideologue; Khieu Samphan, its nominal head; Ieng Sary, foreign minister; and Ieng Thirith, social affairs minister all stand accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and other crimes. They have all denied responsibility for crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge under their leadership.
Some regime leaders have said in the past they had hoped to protect the country from Vietnamese occupation and others, as they grew a peasant revolution into a communist regime.
Srun Kanann, an 18-year-old high school student, told “Hello VOA” that protecting the country from foreign invasion is a justifiable cause to lead a revolution.
“But why did they kill their own people?” he asked. “They should not have committed genocide against their own race.”
“If those leaders had not established their own policies of starvation, or ordered killings, how could their subordinates or members have done that?” asked Thoeun Novel.
Srun Kanann said the tribunal will now have to learn what happened.
“The court will analyze and reveal the facts in their committing genocide, no matter how hard they try to deny it,” he said.
6 comments:
the KR era was a prime example of lawlessness in society! the KR were revengeful people, mad people, ignorant people, cruel people, hypocritical people, backward or outdated thinking group of people, racist people, people full of hatred, etc, etc, you know! they were the culmination of all the human vices you can imagine! the KR regime was like a city without the stop light, imagine the chaos, traffic accident, etc, etc, you see!
Khmer Rouge between 1975-1979 formed up by 2 big groups:
1. A group of Paris students led by Pol Pot.
2. Other groups led by So Phin Khmer Viet Minh.
Note: Keo Meas and So Phin were senior Khmer Rouge ( Brother number 4 ) So Phin was a fomer military commander of Heng Samrin, Chea Sim ect ….. .
Ta Mok said before he passed away in his interview that:
Angkar between 1975-1979 as follow:
1. Pol Pot.
2. Nuon Chea. ( former member of Thai Communist Party ).
3. Ieng Sary.
4. So Phin ( former Khmer Viet Minh ).
5. Son Sen .
6. Ta Mok.
If Khmer still expect any justice from this hanoi ECCC just look at the following and judge for yourself. This ECCC formed by CPP , CPP formed by yuon Hanoi. So yuon Hanoi have strong influent over this ECCC.
All Cambodia's Students,
All the Best with your studies, and never lose hope for the better future of our Beloved country Cambodia.
What type of careers do you people work in? Cause these response you post are so lame and uneducated. Cambodia Exchange will expect to raise capital from foreign or domestic investors with proper respect to legal environment to appropriate the values and trusts. In which case the level of environment in CAMBODIA's Government is not suit to harvest such capitalism.
Thus, CAMBODIA IS JUST ANOTHER COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OPERATING UNDER THE SKIN OF DEMOCRATIC STATUES. PLEASE TELL HUN SEN HE OWE ME MONEY. WHOLE FAMILY IN FACT. PHAY SHITPAN, TOO. So shut up about being arrogant.
TRUE CAPITALISM COME FROM PROPER GOVERNMENT THAT VALUES AND GAIN TRUST FROM THEIR RESPECTED CITIZEN WITH VIRTUES. CAMBODIA = CORRUPTION, FRAUD, INCONSISTENT VALUATION INCOME WISE. TOO MUCH COPYRIGHT CONCERNS.
CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT HELP THEIR CORRUPTED CAPITAL SYSTEM TO PRODUCE LOSSES FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES BY NOT RESPECTING AMERICAN COMPANIES COPYRIGHTS.
I SEE T-SHIRTS being produce without copyright from AMERICAN COMPANIES.
DVDs production without proper copyrights.
WALT DISNEY logos without their copyright.
SO MUCH DISRESPECT from CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT yet they whine about raising capital.
HOW MUCH FAKE STOCKS will be issues from, HUN MANET's DESK?
BY THE WAY DID YOU KNOW????
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Those kids don't know who were the real killer of Khmer people. Not only Pol Pot alone, most of them are in the Cambodian Regime today, for instance Hun,Hor,Chhon, .... and those stand behind those kids.
The simple answer is, because those dogies they are not a real Khmer people.
They all Chiness descendant, These people they never think them self as Cambodian. They betrayed Sihanouk to take power and then started wipe out all Cambodian to take Khmer's land.
We can notics that, there was a war between Chiness and Vietnamess army in 1979. This war happen the same time when a Vietnamess army invaded to Pol Pot's regime.
Even today alot of Cambodian peoples were thinking them self as Chiness descendant.
That's why the genocide happen in our country.
Remember I am not a polical, I am neutral.
I am saying what I think and believed.
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