S-21/Tuol Sleng and the Killing Fields
June 1st 2010 "To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss." This was one of many mottoes of the Khmer Rouge - sets the scene for S-21 and the Killing Fields.
S-21 (Security Office 21) was actually a high school before Pol Pot's regime converted it to a detention centre overnight for interrogation, torture and killing. It is estimated that 20,000 people (including children) were tortured/died at S-21.
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