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| Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea in the courtroom at the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Four top Khmer Rouge regime leaders face charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes over the deaths of up to two million people from starvation, overwork or execution during the communist movement's brutal 1975-79 rule. (MARK PETERS/AFP/Getty Images) |
November 23, 2011
Patrick Winn
Global Post
Relatives of the nearly two million Cambodians killed during the communist Khmer Rogue's reign can give up on hearing an apology from the regime's highest-ranking leader still alive.
The world has long decided that the 1975-79 regime was brutal and murderous. But Nuon Chea, its former second in command, still sees himself as a revolutionary hero.
"I had to leave my family behind to liberate my motherland from colonialism and aggression, and oppression by the thieves who wished to steal our land and wipe Cambodia off the face of the Earth," he said in an ongoing trial in the capital, Phnom Penh, according to the BBC.
Nuon Chea, 85, explained that Khmer Rogue's torture and mass killings were necessary.
In a 90-minute speech, he blamed Vietnamese agitators for much of the violence. Vietnamese forces ultimately toppled the Khmer Rogue in a 1979 invasion. Its decade-long occupation that followed installed leaders still in power today.
The man known as "Brother No. 2" justified the Khmer Rogue's brutality with a metaphor.
"“I must say only the body of the crocodile is to be discussed, not its head or tail, which are the important parts of its daily activities,” he said, according to the New York Times.
“We only killed the bad people, not the good.”
7 comments:
crazy man
first of all i would like to appologize to Ki-medai for using your site to curse Khmer sovannaphumi known as Pang Sokheun n his mistress Sokunther Som for falsely accused me...i gave them lots of warning to delete my stolen pic in their wall, n stop accusing me of created Pang Sokheoun id, but instead they ignored me times after times, n they're trying so hard to defame me....ladies n gentle men, Khmer Sovnaphumi known as( Pang Sokheoun) n his accomplish gf Sokunthear som will recieve all the curse from yeay mouth, n pres ong dong kal, included plan n car crashes where ever they're traveling, they will not be able to delivery baby, no matter what jobs they're having, they'll remain dirt poor, the lightning will strik both of them where ever they go, they both will die slowly of cow disease, if they traveled by water, they'll be eaten by sharks, if they traveled by foots they'll step on landmines, n the king cobra will bite them, n next life they'll become a two head dog..they'll die with heart attack in their sleep, when they're eating foods, they'll die of foods poisioning... all their families n relatives will receive the same curse as them.. they both have khmer blood in them, so they'll receive all of those curse for sure !!!! n if i created that Pang Sokheoun id, i'll receive the same fate....as soon as he step foot in cambodia airport my friends there will welcome him with dirty handcuff.....fuck u khmer sovvanaphumi pang sokheoun n sokunther som.....
1:33PM,
What is your real name? Why don't you tell people who you are and what have you done that make Pang Sokheoun to defame you?
As I know Pang Sokhoeun has involved and interests himself in any personal conflicts with most people in facebook and in his real life he only cheated his wife and took a girlfriend from Prum Seiha. That is all.
It seems that you have chosen to attack a right person, but in a wrong website. I have seen here and in facebook those people who use many IDs with no pictures and information about themselves try to attack and defame him and Mr. Meng Ly who has crucial mental problem in New Zealand.
I understand that those people are pro-CPP but they have right to do whathever they like as the new genernations of this country and try to change the mindsets through dialogue with honesty and respect unless they want to be like extreme SRP today.
I just cannot stand to answer for him because I always visit his wall daily and I also encourage him to answer if he thinks it is neccesary but he has never dared to answer any question.
Richard Lim
that is the mind of the killer(s), they think they are heroes for what they did to cambodia and khmer people. what a narcissist!
Vietnam's bad intention toward Cambodia will be unmasked.
We need to take this land thief, Vietnam, to the international court; otherwise Vietnam will keep creating turmoil in Cambodia.
After 1989, did Vietnam truly withdraw all of its troops back to Vietnam?
Did Vietnam comply with the 1991 Paris peace accord?
The killings during the Pol pot's era were committed by the Khmer rouge, the Khmer Vietminh, etc.
Notice that Khmer Vietminh were created by Vietnam to make Khmers fight with Khmers, to make Khmers kill each others.
How about the K5, which killed hundreds of thousands of Khmer people in the 80's? This K5 scheme was totally orchestrated by Vietnam.
We need to take Vietnam to the international court about this K5 issue regarding Vietnam’s catastrophic action in Cambodia.
We, Khmers, Living in Cambodia/Kampuchea, were, are and will be victims of the policies of Hegemonists, Expansionists, Militarists of neighboring countries and superpowers. I still remember the wars, the atrocities, the genocides caused by them on Cambodia and Khmers-- The Carpet Bombing by the US B-52, the massacre by the Khmer Rouges and the trick used in the Vietnamization of Cambodia.
I highly appreciate the Khmer Leaders (of any time) for what they have done to Keep Cambodia to have a Name on the world map """CAMBODIA""" not Indochinese Federation that was a dream of Vietnam and the former USSR (Soviet Union).
We and all Cambodian leaders want peace, independence, progress for Cambodia and our khmers, But and a complicated BUT, those superpowers and the neighbouring countries have always pushing us to a point of loss in the dilemma...
As 3:25 PM the carpet bombing in 1973 by Nixon 2oo days and nights caused about million Cambodian lives,
mass atrocities and starvation .
Nixon must chared with Genocide, crime against humanity and war crime.
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