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42 years from the liberation of the Killing Fields

by KhmerLife on Jan 09, 2021

42 years from the liberation of the Killing Fields

42 years ago, on this day, Thursday, January 7th 2021, is the anniversary of the liberation of Cambodia from the notorious, and noxious, Pol Pot regime and the end of the Killing Fields. It is the day Cambodian survivors of that genocidal period describe as their second birthday.

Nearly 3 million died of starvation, execution, diseases, and forced labour under the Khmer Rouge rule from 17th April 1975 till it's collapse.

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