Khmer Rouge survivor recalls 40 years since evacuation
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When the Khmer Rouge arrived at the Cambodian capital armed with rifles, Chhung Kong was a teacher in downtown Phnom Penh. Four years of extreme Communist rule saw the city shattered and his school turned into a torture chamber. Duration: 02:20
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Today is 09/11/2022. I still remember what happened the time that I saw Khmer Rouge soldiers walking by our house. One of the things that stays with me is when I saw people push hospital bed with sick person on it along the road during the evacuation on Monivong blvd near French Embassy. They were patients from Praket Mealea hospital. I also remember my father said that a teacher turned singer was shot by the Khmer Rouge when he was arguing. He was my favorite singer during Lon Nol regime. I loved to see him sing American songs. He was shot at Prek Kdam.
What happened to you after that day?
Please can you state the source of this video or Is the video free to use worldwide?????????
Hi AFP, I would love to use this archive in a documentary for a major US broadcaster. Please do get in touch.
Where can I get these footage?
My government in 1975 is very crazy.
33 & 34 secs they are NOT Khmer Rouge.
When Phnom Penh was conquered by the Khmer Rouge in 1975, I remember that a lot of Japanese communists and socialists were overjoyed by the news. A lot of horrific truths were disclosed since then, and many of them keep silent about genocide in Cambodia as if nothing has happened there.
Back in the day, a lot of communists and socialists were ignorant about each other's ideologies. They just saw each other as common allies against the capitalist establishment.
the 1st army reach pnom phen in these vid carry whos flag? thats not khmer rouge flag. black and white with white swatika cross? 🙄
it's not a swastika
PHNOM PENH SWASTIKA
That flag called "Monatio" I guess