My Travel in Cambodia (Pictures from 2001-11-30 to
2001-12-06)
Whenever I think of Cambodia, images from the movie "The Killing Fields"
come to mind. Could things really have been that bad? Has the
world really turned its back to the suffering of these people as to allow
two million men, women and children to perish without a word?
As I toured the grounds of one of the many Killing Fields, the answer
became apparent. Just like that, we allowed this atrocity to happen.
Just like that, we conveniently ignored the suffering of others. And
the worst part is, we still chose to ignore the pain of our fellow men
today. Many atrocity are still being committed all over the world and
we do nothing to stop it. I feel ashamed, as an
American and as a men.
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Streets of Phnom Phem
Somehow things just work out even though traffic signal doesn't exists |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
Here, 20,000 men, women and children perished |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
Bones dug up from one of the mass graves |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
Hallow grounds where mass graves used to be |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
The red dot marked the spot where children were thrown against to be killed |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
To conserve bullets, Khmer Rouge used branches from this tree to saw off people's heads |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
Today, children play on the grounds of the killing fields. Do they know of the atrocity that took place there? |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
Right next to the killing field is an elementry school |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
Even today, we can still find victims' bones easily. You don't have to look far, just brush away the dirty and you will see. |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
One of many teeth we found that day... |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
We put what we found against a tree trunk and prayed for their suffering soul. |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
Pictures from the past |
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Killing Field of Phnom Phem
Are we still ignoring them? |
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Streets of Phnom Phem
Although Phnom Phem is the capital of Cambodia, its infrastrsture is still lacking |
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S-21
Prison where people were interrogated before being sent to the killing fields. |
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S-21
This place used to be school but Khmer Rouge turned it into a place torture and suffering |
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S-21
Walls that separated the living from the dead |
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Place of Torture
Here prinsoners were tortured, raped and killed |
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Rule of the Land
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Blood Stain
Blook stain that still cries out for justice |
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No One is Spared
Even infants are killed along with their parents |
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A Testimony fro the Past
to untold suffering and misery |
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Pol Pot
The evil who is responsible for all this. The worst part is that he was never prosecuted. In fact, no Khmer Rouge has ever been prosecuted for their crimes. |
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Barbed Wires
The wires are not there to prevent escape but to prevent people from throwing themselves from the upper floors to commit suicide |
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Cells
Here prisoners are kept for torturing |
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Life of a Prisoner
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Life of a Prisoner
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Life of a Prisoner
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Life of a Prisoner
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This site was last updated
03/21/02
