Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Green Pastures


These photos were taken as a record of prisoners who were imprisoned, tortured and killed. This is one of many boards that captures the images of these men, women and children who were murdered by pure insanity.

You will find many close up photos of these victims here. Looking at them brings me tremendous sadness as I recall the many stories of pain that hung on the top floor of this savage building that used to be a school.

Till today, I remember the story about a woman engineer who answered Pol Pot's call to rebuild the Angkor empire. She was trained in developing irrigation systems and quickly left her village so that she could help develop water systems that could help bring back the golden era where padi fields were bountiful. Little did she know that she would be sent to her death.

Can such cruelty and injustice exist?

Sadly and painfully... yes.

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