In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, Cambodia children gather to play around the cremation site of Pol Pot, in Anlong Veng, Cambodia, along the Thai border. Cambodia will preserve 14 sites at the last bastion of the murderous Khmer Rouge, including the home of their leader Pol Pot, as tourist attractions, an official said Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Anlong Veng, about 300kilometers (186 miles) north from Phnom Penh, finally fell to the government in 1998 aftern nearly 20 years of fighting. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
In this photo taken on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, Cambodian school children make their way past the tomb of former Khmer Rouge leader Ta Mok in Anlong Veng, Cambodia. Cambodia will preserve 14 sites at the last bastion of the murderous Khmer Rouge, including the home of their leader Pol Pot, as tourist attractions, an official said Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Anlong Veng, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) north from Phnom Penh, finally fell to the government in 1998 after nearly 20 years of fighting. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006, Cambodia children gather to play around the cremation site of Pol Pot, in Anlong Veng, Cambodia, along the Thai border. Cambodia will preserve 14 sites at the last bastion of the murderous Khmer Rouge, including the home of their leader Pol Pot, as tourist attractions, an official said Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Anlong Veng, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) north from Phnom Penh, finally fell to the government in 1998 aftern nearly 20 years of fighting. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Following Cabinet approval last week, the sites at Anlong Veng will be protected from destruction by local people and illegal encroachment, the area's district chief Yim Phana said.
Anlong Veng, about 185 miles north of Phnom Penh, fell to government forces in 1998 after nearly 20 years of fighting.
The Khmer Rouge regime, under which an estimated 1.7 million people died from execution, disease and malnutrition, was toppled in 1979 but its guerrillas fought on in the jungles, with Anlong Veng becoming their last stronghold.
Yim Phana said the 14 sites include homes belonging to Khmer Rouge leaders, an ammunition warehouse and the grave of Pol Pot, who died in 1998.
Once a remote town, Anlong Veng is now connected by good roads to nearby Thailand and Cambodia's greatest tourist attractions, the temples of Angkor.
Anlong Veng, about 185 miles north of Phnom Penh, fell to government forces in 1998 after nearly 20 years of fighting.
The Khmer Rouge regime, under which an estimated 1.7 million people died from execution, disease and malnutrition, was toppled in 1979 but its guerrillas fought on in the jungles, with Anlong Veng becoming their last stronghold.
Yim Phana said the 14 sites include homes belonging to Khmer Rouge leaders, an ammunition warehouse and the grave of Pol Pot, who died in 1998.
Once a remote town, Anlong Veng is now connected by good roads to nearby Thailand and Cambodia's greatest tourist attractions, the temples of Angkor.
No comments:
Post a Comment