Showing posts with label Khmer Rouge legacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Khmer Rouge legacy. Show all posts

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Expressing "anger" against the Khmer Rouge is one thing ... but, carrying the KR legacy up until now is madness

Now: Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge, and his CPP party hold almost absolute power in Cambodia.

Then: Khmer Rouge Comrade Pol Pot held absolute power in Cambodia.

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Now: Armed military police walk in a file to enter the Sambok Chab community to evict the residents from their homes.

Then: Khmer Rouge soldiers walk in a file to enter Phnom Penh city. They were ordered to evict all Cambodians out of their homes.

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Now: Sambok Chab residents evicted by force from their homes in 2006.

Then: Cambodians evicted by force from their homes, right after the Khmer Rouge victory in April 1975.