Remembering Genocide in Pol Pots Home Town Slug: Cambodia tourism site Reporter: Borin Noun Date: 03/08/2012

INTR : Cambodia !as some o" Sout! #ast $sia%s most beauti"ul tourist sites & but also some o" its dar'est( $ s!ort !our%s dri)e "rom t!e *orld+"amous temple ,omple- $ng'or .at/ is $nlong 0eng & t!e last strong!old o" t!e murderous 1!mer Rouge( .!en t!e2 *ere in po*er t!e2 'illed bet*een one and t*o million ,i)ilians( $nd t!e2 !eld out !ere until 3ust a de,ade ago/ *!en t!e2 "inall2 surrendered to t!e go)ernment( No* Cambodia%s go)ernment and t!e lo,al residents are turning t!is pla,e into a tourist attra,tion( Correspondent Borin Noun is our guide toda2( T#4T S45: 2+ sound in ,!ildren ,lass 6ore t!an 100 ,!ildren o" "ormer 1!mer Rouge "ig!ters *el,ome a group o" tourists to t!eir !ome to*n( But it%s not a t2pi,al *el,ome( T!e2%re !anding o)er o""i,ial reports on massa,res t!at too' pla,e !ere under 1!mer Rouge rule & a 17+page boo' titled 89usti,e/ :ea,e and National Re,on,iliation;( S45 3+ atmosp!ere o" tourism site $nlong 0eng is t!e !ome to*n o" "ormer 1!mer Rouge leader :ol :ot and !is militar2 ,ommander Ta 6o'( ur guides ta'e us inside Ta 6o'%s la'eside !ome/ and t!en to t!e gra)es o" bot! leaders( 5inall2 *e )isit t!e 3ail t!e2 built out o" steel( T!is is <ean So'unt!ear2%s "irst )isit !ere & s!e li)es in t!e ,apital :!nom :en!/ "our !undred 'ilometres a*a2(

<ean So'unt!ear2 ,lip 1 = 5emale/ 1!mer>: 8Bot! men *ere but,!ers o" t!e 1!mer Rouge regime and t!e2 *ere ,ruel( ?ou see t!e 3ail !ere@ It *as establis!ed b2 Ta 6o' and !is "ormer 1!mer Rouge ,omrades( It%s made as i" it%s "or animals/ not !umans( I "eel sorr2 "or t!e pre)ious generation *!o !ad to li)e under t!e 1!mer Rouge regime(; Ta 6o' *as ni,'named 8T!e But,!er; & !e allegedl2 or,!estrated brutal massa,res t!at 'illed !undreds o" t!ousands o" Cambodians( <e brie"l2 led t!e 1!mer Rouge a"ter :ol :ot died in 1AA8 & !e *as t!e onl2 rebel leader *!o re"used to surrender or stri'e a deal *it! t!e go)ernment( But !e *as arrested a 2ear later and died in prison in 200B/ still a*aiting trial( Bot! :ol :ot and Ta 6o' *ere ,remated !ere in $nlong 0eng( $ lo,al !istor2 tea,!er 3oins t!e group o" )isitors + !e doesn%t *ant to be named "or !is se,urit2/ be,ause not all t!e lo,als re3e,t t!e 1!mer Rouge( Tea,!er ,lip 1 =6ale/ 1!mer>: 8T!is *as t!e last battle ground "or t!e 1!mer Rouge/ *!en t!e2 *ere led b2 Ta 6o'( T!e2 establis!ed t!eir "or,es !ere and "oug!t !ard until t!e2 lost and *ere integrated in t!e 1AA0s( T!is is *!ere Ta 6o' and :ol :ot li)ed and it%s no* ,onsidered an !istori,al site(; T!e brutalit2 o" t!e 1!mer Rouge rule means Cambodia !as man2 tourist sites t!at mar' t!is dar' !istor2 & some ,all it Cgeno,ide tourism%( :!nom :en! !as t!e Tuol Sleng prison & at least "i"teen t!ousand people *ere sent !ere/ and tortured/ star)ed/ or s!ot to deat!( $ little outside t!e ,apital is C!oeung #'/ or 8T!e 1illing 5ields; *!ere t!e regime e-e,uted about 1D/000 people( $not!er lo,al tourist <oeun Sre2 Eea' sa2s s!e learned a lot about t!e past "rom !er )isit( <oeun Sre2 Eea' Clip 2 =5emale /1!mer>: 8Iron rooms *ere made "or prisoners *!o did not "ollo* orders "rom t!e 1!mer Rouge( T!is is *!ere t!e2 punis!ed and tortured t!eir ,omrades( ?ou see t!e la'e t!ere@ It%s a man+made la'e/ built under Ta 6o'%s orders( T!e2 "ed prisoners to ,ro,odiles t!at t!e2 'ept in t!e la'e(; 71+2ear old 1eo un !elps maintain Ta 6o'%s !ome & and s!e%s t!e "ormer leader%s relati)e( S!e *as a teenager *!en t!e 1!mer Rouge ruled( S!e doesn%t *ant to re,all t!at !istor2 & !er main ,on,ern no* is to de)elop !er !ometo*n(

1eo un ,lip 1 = 5emale/ 1!mer>: 85ormer 1!mer Rouge "ig!ters !a)e integrated *it! so,iet2 in t!e late 1AA0s( $nd no* *e !a)e man2 lo,al and "oreign )isitors( .e !a)e man2 ne* s,!ools "or ,!ildren and ne* streets are being built( .e 3ust *ant pea,e and our ,!ildren to be !app2(; $t t!e moment/ around ten tourists a da2 ,ome !ere/ bot! Cambodian and international( 7A+2ear+old Ngam 6a' is a "ormer 1!mer Rouge "ig!ter *!o still li)es in $nlong 0eng( Ngam 6a' Clip 1 = 6ale/1!mer>: 8I t!in'/ *!at t!e 1!mer Rouge did *as *rong to our nation and to our people( ur "ormer leaders must be !eld to a,,ount "or t!eir role in t!e past(; But not all residents "eel e-a,tl2 t!e same( 6an2 1!mer Rouge "ig!ters *ere "amil2 !ere & and some ma2 still support t!eir "ormer leaders/ or "eel s2mpat!2 "or t!em( But t!e rest o" t!e ,ountr2 needs 3usti,e( $ FN+ba,'ed international *ar ,rimes tribunal *as set up in 2003 to bring senior leaders o" t!e regime to trial( East 5ebruar2/ t!e2 senten,ed t!e 1!mer Rouge ,!ie" 3ailer to li"e imprisonment "or !is role in running t!e Tuol Sleng prison( PLEASE ADD SFX from Anlong Veng Turning $nlong 0eng into a tourist site is part o" t!is pro,ess( T*o 2ears ago/ t!e go)ernment establis!ed a plan to restore "ourteen "ormer 1!mer Rouge sites/ *it! signs and in"ormation "or tourists( T!e Do,umentation Center o" Cambodia is an NG supporting t!is plan to preser)e $nlong 0eng & t!e2%re *or'ing toget!er *it! se)eral go)ernment ministries( C!ie" pro3e,t o""i,er D2 1!am Bol2 sa2s t!is 'ind o" tourism is part o" t!e re,on,iliation pro,ess( D2 1!am Bol2 ,lip 1 = 6ale/1!mer>: 8$nlong 0eng *as t!e last battle ground "or t!e 1!mer Rouge led b2 Ta 6o'/ *!i,! integrated in 1AA8( T!e integration broug!t pea,e and re,on,iliation( .e *ant t!is ,ommunit2 to learn about t!e re,on,iliation pro,ess as *ell(; 5or $sia Calling/ t!is is Borin Noun in :!nom :en!(