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Phnom Penh - Hundreds of Cambodians marked the annual Day of Anger against the Khmer Rouge regime Thursday at a former killing field outside the capital.
The cornerstone of the ceremony was a play in which a dozen Cambodians dressed as Khmer Rouge soldiers acted out executions in a reminder of the mass killings that characterized the regime that ruled from 1975 to 1979.
Pa Socheatvong, the deputy governor of Phnom Penh, said the purpose was to remember those who died during the Khmer Rouge regime.
The movement was led by Pol Pot, also known as Brother Number One.
"Pol Pot betrayed the country by using the people's blood as capital, so people are very angry with the Pol Pot regime," Pa Socheatvong told the German Press Agency dpa.
The event was first held in 1984, five years after the Khmer Rouge was driven from power.
Pa Socheatvong said the May 20 date was selected since it was on that day in 1976 that the Khmer Rouge leadership took the decision to kill people.
"They made it the strategy of their genocidal regime," he said.
Thursday's ceremony was held at Chhoeung Ek, which was where thousands of Cambodians from the regime's main security prison known as S-21 were executed. Both Chhoeung Ek and S-21 are popular sites for tourists visiting the capital.
Last year, S-21's commander, Comrade Duch, appeared before a joint UN-Cambodian tribunal charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Judgement in Duch's case is expected in the coming months.
Four former Khmer Rouge leaders are currently in detention in Phnom Penh ahead of their trial which is likely to start early next year.
An estimated 1.7 million people died during the Khmer Rouge's rule of Cambodia from execution, overwork, starvation and illness.
The cornerstone of the ceremony was a play in which a dozen Cambodians dressed as Khmer Rouge soldiers acted out executions in a reminder of the mass killings that characterized the regime that ruled from 1975 to 1979.
Pa Socheatvong, the deputy governor of Phnom Penh, said the purpose was to remember those who died during the Khmer Rouge regime.
The movement was led by Pol Pot, also known as Brother Number One.
"Pol Pot betrayed the country by using the people's blood as capital, so people are very angry with the Pol Pot regime," Pa Socheatvong told the German Press Agency dpa.
The event was first held in 1984, five years after the Khmer Rouge was driven from power.
Pa Socheatvong said the May 20 date was selected since it was on that day in 1976 that the Khmer Rouge leadership took the decision to kill people.
"They made it the strategy of their genocidal regime," he said.
Thursday's ceremony was held at Chhoeung Ek, which was where thousands of Cambodians from the regime's main security prison known as S-21 were executed. Both Chhoeung Ek and S-21 are popular sites for tourists visiting the capital.
Last year, S-21's commander, Comrade Duch, appeared before a joint UN-Cambodian tribunal charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Judgement in Duch's case is expected in the coming months.
Four former Khmer Rouge leaders are currently in detention in Phnom Penh ahead of their trial which is likely to start early next year.
An estimated 1.7 million people died during the Khmer Rouge's rule of Cambodia from execution, overwork, starvation and illness.
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ReplyDeleteI wonder how many of KI regulars are former KR. Hmmmmmm!!!
ReplyDeletekhmer rouge was started by vietcong. They were resistance to foreigner such as youn, french, and the us' bombing.
ReplyDeleteThe khmer rouge were consisted of khmer and hidden youn agents. So who really did the killing of khmer is still not clearifed?
Not just in KI media, many Sam Rainsy supporters are former Khmer Rouge and Khmer Republic. The two former enemy join together, not because they love or like each other but they have common enemy and hatred for the ruling party.
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ReplyDeleteYea, it seems to me that anyone who usually expresses extreme hatred for the current government is either a former Khmer Rouge or former Lon Nolist. I always found out after like arguing with them for a while and when you ask if they were either one of the above mentioned, they avoid the question altogether or come up with reasons why this and that instead of just saying yes, I was a KR or Lon Nolist. It seems like they are afraid of people knowing their past and have to get defensive about it and this sense of insecurity about themselves is channeled into hatred for others so in that way they could feel better about themselves or something.
So Buddhism in Cambodia encourage Cambodian people to express their hatred through anger? Tell me what does Buddhism really teach Cambodian people? What the fuck is this so called the Day of Anger against the Khmer Rouge? So these stupid Cambodian people such as AH Pa Socheatvong think that only the Khmer Rouge kill Cambodian people? ahahahhahahhah
ReplyDeleteThink again all you mother fucker! All Cambodian people and leaders are a victim including Pol Pot for not taking order from the Vietcong!
How many KI regulars are former Khmer Rouge, 7:28 PM? Maybe a few, but I can guarantee you that it is not as many as regulars of the current CPP government!
ReplyDelete9:21 PM
ReplyDeleteAre you a former Khmer Rouge? You're here to defend your dead leader Pol Pot?
10:10 PM
ReplyDeleteA few? so 2 or 3? Are you one of them?
10:12PM,
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm not one of them. i hate them for bringing the war to Cambodia in the first place, and then for killing fellow Khmers so when the Youn wanted to take over, it was just an easy stroll from Svay Rieng to Poipet. Now that you know I am not KR, are you going to tell me if you are one of the CPP's members?
great concept, day of anger, that will remind cambodia to avoid stupid KR style of gov't forever!
ReplyDeleteStop that nonsense, Khmer people. Rename this day as DAY OF RECONCILIATION.
ReplyDeleteTo 10:11PM
ReplyDeleteBefore you call me former Khmer Rouge. Tell me what are you trying to do here in KI? Are you trying to label Cambodian people like as such and such the same former Khmer Rouge Vietcong slave Hun Sen government? What is wrong with you? It is enough that a former Khmer Rouge Vietcong slave Hun Sen government is labeling Cambodian people as white, gray, and black? Are you stupid or what?
Let be fair for once! Tell me how many Cambodian people were killed before the Khmer Rouge took over? What about the American bombing? What about the Vietnam War? What about the Vietcong occupation of Cambodia for 10 years with the help of AH HUN SEN that prolong the suffering of Cambodian people? Even the Khmer Rouge took over and what is left of Cambodia?
By the way I hate the Khmer Rouge more than you do and those who help create the Khmer Rouge will be hated the most!!!
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
ReplyDeleteMembers:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.