While Phnom Penh we learnt a detailed account of the Khmer Rouge - Pol Pot’s cruel regime which ruled for only a few yet destructive years during the seventies. It was shocking to acknowledge the chilling bloodshed, horror and people turmoil that rippled through the country in what, historically can be seen as recent times. It was also disturbing to find that it took almost 30 years to bring to justice the high officials responsible for ripping lives, families and communities apart - some legal cases are still continuing to this day. We visited the killing fields and as I wandered through, I was appalled and shocked at the many shallow graves lined like the lining of a chocolate box. Up to 180 peoples remains were found in individual mass graves which were no more than
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