Cheung Ek killing fields

The nasty bits

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February 5th 2010
Our reason for coming to Phnom Penh was to see the S-21 facility and the Cheung Ek killing fields. We started with the former, a school which had been converted into a prison and interrogation facility for Pol Pot’s regime. Some class rooms had been turned into cell blocks with crude brick walls built on top of the tiled floors, some of which still seemed to have blood stains. Other class rooms ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more