Today is our last day in Cambodia, and I am quite sad to leave this country for it has affected me in so many ways. Yesterday, we visited one of the killing fields where as many as 200, 000 people were executed by the Khmer Rouge (KR), and close to 2 million people died as a result of the KR's policies. What's even more shocking is that the perpetrators of this violence have not been brought to justice. No one has been punished for these horrific crimes. I am ashamed to admit that I still know very little about these tragic events, but I found this article from CBS news helpful in understanding a little bit more about what I saw. But I believe more must be done to ensure everyone, Cambodians and others, understands what happened, so these horrible events will not be repeated.
Bunthin, our tour guide, was gracious enough to share with us his personal story and showed us some of his scars. It was incredibly moving to hear his story.
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