By Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
02 September 2009
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch told a UN-backed court Wednesday Pol Pot’s revolutionary vision recreated education, the economy and religion, creating a struggle among Cambodians for survival.
“The wildly jumping education domain was a new education system never seen, which was a dream” of Pol Pot (pictured), Duch said in his hearing, responding to questioning from judges.
“The economic domain consisted of only two classes, farmers and workers,” he said. “Productivity belonged to communism. We worked hard, and we only had food two times [a day]. The economy was changed, and the religion was also.”
Duch, 66, whose real name is Kaing Kek Iev, is facing charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and murder for his role as head of a prison system blamed for the deaths of at least 12,380 people.
In testimony Wednesday, he highlighted a preeminent philosophy of the paranoid regime.
“The principle of the policy was: the children of the enemy were the enemy, so you must not keep them, for fear of revenge,” he said.
Original report from Phnom Penh
02 September 2009
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch told a UN-backed court Wednesday Pol Pot’s revolutionary vision recreated education, the economy and religion, creating a struggle among Cambodians for survival.
“The wildly jumping education domain was a new education system never seen, which was a dream” of Pol Pot (pictured), Duch said in his hearing, responding to questioning from judges.
“The economic domain consisted of only two classes, farmers and workers,” he said. “Productivity belonged to communism. We worked hard, and we only had food two times [a day]. The economy was changed, and the religion was also.”
Duch, 66, whose real name is Kaing Kek Iev, is facing charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and murder for his role as head of a prison system blamed for the deaths of at least 12,380 people.
In testimony Wednesday, he highlighted a preeminent philosophy of the paranoid regime.
“The principle of the policy was: the children of the enemy were the enemy, so you must not keep them, for fear of revenge,” he said.
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Ever wonder where all those millions of tons of rice shipped too? I know within those 4 plus years of Khmer Rouge rule, rice can be piled up as high as a mountain, yet Khmer were dying of stavation, on purpose. Which communist Angkar luer is/are getting these havests, Hanoi or China? There are some clues, but I know China had been such a generous donor toward Cambodia, ever wonder why? Paying back the debt owed to Cambodia, perhaps?
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