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Transcribed Image Text:"My father was one of the million victims who were killed by the Khmer Rouge genocide politics led by Pol
Pot. Up to this day I cannot comprehend the reason for the execution of my father and other millions of my
fellow countrymen. My father was not a man of politics nor was he a criminal by any means. As far as I can
remember, he was a family man like any other Cambodian man in the country. He was a loving and caring
father. A great protector and provider for his family and for those worked in his shipping company. He was a
patriotic man... According to this Khmer Rouge cadre, named Met Chan, who was personally involved with
the interrogation of my father described ways in which he and his comrades punished my father. From the
time they took my father out of our hut, he was kicked, dragged and beaten all the way to the killing site.
Before he was executed he was cuffed in chains along with three other men and was confined in a basement
inside an abandoned temple. He went without food for several days because Khmer Rouge cadres knew that
he was going to be killed anyway before they finally decided to take him to the grave. His face was swollen
with bruises from the beating. His back and ribs were broken by the constant beating by the young Khmer
Rouge Cadres. The beating was so severe that it paralyzed his speech and consciousness. By this time, he was
just lying on the filoor unable to move or ask for mercy. According to Met Chan, his last words were calling
for his wife, son and daughter...Two days after the interrogation, they took him to the killing ground. He was
hit with a metal rod three times at the back of the head...I am one of the many voices speaking out atrocity of
the Khmer Rouge's genocide politics. There are millions of Cambodians who lost their immediate family
members and loved ones. The Khmer Rouge regime not only traumatized millions of Cambodians'
psychological function but it created a permanent scare in every Cambodian citizen. We lost so much. The
greatest loss of all were those whose resources and capacities to advance our social development. A lot of
talented individuals died because some defected semi- intellectuals such as Pol Pot were too incompetent to
deal with social development."
- Sisowath Doung Chanto (Born in 1970, Story told to her by her relatives and then retold in 1990)
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