HANOI THROUGH CHEY CHAP(VIETNAMESE INVADER WEARING FAKE CAMBODIAN ID & NAME ) AT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN CAMBODIA, HAS DONE THIS TO CAMBODIAN CHILDREN IN CAMBODIA. THE CPP REGIME JUST OMITS TO TEACH CAMBODIAN CHILDREN THE VIETNAMESE AGGRESSION, INVASION & OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA 1978-2010 . BY 1979-2010 Vietnam HAS OCCUPIED CAMBODIA UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Cambodian Schools Reopen History's Wounds
A girl sits in a history class at the local high school in Kampong Trach,
Cambodia (Photo: VOA photo - A. Belford)
High schools in Cambodia have begun rolling out the first textbook dealing with
the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. It's part of an effort to teach a dark past
long left out of the classroom.
Aubrey Belford, VOA
Kampong Trach, Cambodia 19 April 2010
Between 1975 and 1979, as many as two million Cambodians were murdered,
starved, or worked to death as the ultra-communist Khmer Rouge tried to build a
rural utopia. Many older Cambodians are haunted by vivid memories of this time.
But for the young who make up most of the population, learning this history has
been hard to do - schools have up to now just not taught it.
A high school in the southern town of Kampong Trach is at the front of efforts
to teach - for the first time - the history of the Khmer Rouge. The school is
using a new textbook called "A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979)".
History teacher Bin Cheat says his students only know a little about the Khmer
Rouge from their parents, many of whom suffered under the regime.
Bin Cheat says students have been enthusiastic about the new classes.
As a boy, he was stuffed in a sack and nearly beaten to death by Khmer Rouge
soldiers simply for letting air out of a car tire. He says it is important
students learn about the Khmer Rouge era - and stories like his own - before it
is all forgotten.
The new textbook book was put together by the Documentation Center of Cambodia,
a non-profit group tasked with recording the years of mass killing under the
Khmer Rouge.
The center's director, Youk Chhang, says older history books simply ignored the
Khmer Rouge era, with the exception of a brief mention in one book.
"They learned from '45 through '75 and they jumped to 1990, they jumped that
period," he said. "After a long public debate they had a photograph of Pol Pot
and exactly two lines in Khmer saying that Pol Pot is responsible for the death
of 3.3 million Cambodian people. That's it."
Youk Chhang says it took 13 years from the new book's conception in 1996 to get
it into schools. Distribution began late last year and the plan is to have one
million books in schools and 3,200 teachers trained to use it by the end of
this year.
He says getting the book approved was hindered by the fact that most former
Khmer Rouge went unpunished and are now found at all levels of Cambodian
society and politics.
"In the classroom I can assure you that at least 30 percent are the children of
former Khmer Rouge, another 70 percent are the children of the victims," he
said. "Among these three thousand teachers I can assure you almost 25 to 30
percent are former Khmer Rouge themselves. This is a broken society, it is a
fragile society, so I think you have to live for the future, commit for the
future, teach for the future."
At the school, 17-year-old Ny Pagnavuth says he never knew much about the Khmer
Rouge. He says he was shocked to learn that when the Khmer Rouge took power,
they emptied out the capital Phnom Penh at gun point and sent millions of
people, including the old and sick, to toil in the countryside.
The story of that forced march has long been taught around the world as a
brutal prelude to the Khmer Rouge's terror. Now, Cambodian students can finally
learn the full story of their country.
BY 1979-2010 Vietnam HAS OCCUPIED CAMBODIA
UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses
Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a
resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of
Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions.
UN legal chief calls on donors to help fund Cambodian genocide tribunal
Patricia O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs19 April 2010 – The
United Nations legal chief today called for donors to provide funds to support
the UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia trying Khmer Rouge leaders accused of mass
killings and other crimes during the country’s genocide in the late 1970s.
Under-Secretary-General Patricia O’Brien, the UN Legal Counsel, voiced concern
about the financial situation, including the cash flow, of the Extraordinary
Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), after holding talks with the
country’s Deputy Prime Minister Sok An in the capital, Phnom Penh.
Ms. O’Brien and the Deputy Prime Minister issued a joint statement after their
meeting in which they urged the international community to provide
contributions and pledges to national and international components of the
tribunal.
The ECCC was set up in 2003 by the UN and Cambodia and is tasked with trying
senior Khmer Rouge figures and others responsible for the worst atrocities
between 1975 and 1979. It is composed of both national and international judges
and staff.
In their statement Ms. O’Brien and Mr. An stressed their continued strong
support for the ECCC and their intention to work closely together to ensure
that the tribunal is successful.
They noted the completion of the trial phase in the case of Kaing Guek Eav,
also known as “Duch,” who is charged with crimes including torture and
premeditated murder while he was in charge of the notorious S-21 detention
camp.
“The ECCC has confirmed its ability to conduct complex international criminal
trials to international standards, and is living up to the hope for it to be a
model court,” according to the statement.
“The proceedings have attracted unprecedented interest and support, as
witnessed by the fact that over 30,000 Cambodians have attended court
proceedings since its inception.”
News Tracker: past stories on this issue
Anti-corruption watchdog to join UN-backed genocide court in Cambodia
THE KHMER TEARS : Survivor Talks
Khmer Rouge S-21 survivor Phal weeps during a conference in Phnom Penh
Hanoi Street sign . HANOI FORCED THE GOUVERNOR OF PHNOM PENH TO BUILD A ROAD
AND NAMED IT "HANOI BOULEVARD"
WHAT RIGHTS DO THESE VIETNAMESE INVADERS HAVE TO RUN CAMBODIA IN VIOLATION OF
THE 10 UN RESOLUTION?
ACCORDING TO THIS FORMULA :
THIS BOOK : " GIAI PHONG " by T Terzani. It describes a Vietnamese as THIEF, A
LIAR, A KILLER, A DECEIVER , a sleeper ......
SIHANOUK'S VIETNAMESE ADMINISTRATORS OF CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM(1979-2010)
THE VIETNAMESE RUNNING CAMBODIA(1979-2010) &: HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION BY VIETNAM
Ty Sokun(VIETNAMESE ) (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)
WHAT RIGHTS DO THESE VIETNAMESE INVADERS HAVE TO RUN CAMBODIA IN VIOLATION OF
THE 10 UN RESOLUTION?
THE VIETNAMESE TRICKS IN CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM.THE VIETNAMESE WEARING
THE LABEL "CAMBODIAN"
Khieu Kanharith, the minister of Information, during a press conference held
on 04 January 2009. KHIEU KANHARITH , A VIETNAMESE WEARING THE LABEL"CAMBODIAN"
THE VIETNAMESE RUNNING CAMBODIA(1979-2010) &: HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION BY VIETNAM
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