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December 19th 2006

Published: December 29th 2006

Whilst Siem Reap offers the opportunity to glimpse the glorious past of the ancient Khmer empire, Phnom Penh (PP) is the gateway to the much more recent evils of the Khmer Rouge regime, under the leadership of Pol Pot. Understanding what Cambodian people have had to face only 25 years ago, set all the emotions going - anger that is could be allowed to happen, the deepest of sympathy that the poepl... Read Full Entry

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Disturbing Scene

One of the inmate's rooms showing the picture of the scene of the room when the prison was liberated.

The Rules

No Escape

The Gallows

Prisoners were hung upside down until they passed out then dunked into one of the pottery jars to revive them as a form of torture. This was repeated until the information they wanted to hear was given.