Documentation Center of Cambodia Mapping the killing fields of Cambodia

D119652

Documentation Center of Cambodia Mapping the killing fields of Cambodia

Cambodia

24/04/1997

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Khet kandal

Khet kandal

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Documentation Center of Cambodia Mapping the killing fields of Cambodia

Documentation Center of Cambodia Mapping the killing fields of Cambodia. On 24 April 1997. DC-Cam assigned a research team -Mr Sin Khin and Mr Hak sophal -to conduct field study in search of documents related to the genocidal of Pol Pot's. clique in srok Lvra Em . khet Kandal. At 10:35 AM ,we set off from munti srok to Wat Svay Andet criminal center in Phnom Tasor, Khom Sarikakeo, where we met with the committee of old laymen whom we took as our witnesses consists of a prison, a security office, and a small site of killing. the big killing field, Sor II, is located around 500 to 1000 meters from the temple Wat Svey Andet. The The Khmer Rouge used the other 6 resting houses for monks as their dwellings. The first witness was Moul Horn,male, age 57, 1.67m tall, black skin. gray hair.In Pol Pot s time, he lived in phum skor, khum Sarikakeo, and worked in the plowing unit. Now , he is a member of the committee of laymen in Wat Andet. He said the security office and the prison in Wat Andet were built from 1976 until early 1977. It was a big Prison where victims were gathered from every part of the entire srok Lvea Em and were placed i the religious Buddhist building, the rating kall for monks and the school building Every day . the prisoners were interrogated and taken to be killed at sar II, about 500 to 1000 meters from wat.

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