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http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1880529_1848697,00.htmlPol Pot and Khmer Rouge followers
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Phnom Penh after Khmer Rouge shelling, January 1975
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Frightened Cambodians watched the Americans desert Phnom Penh
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The Khmer Rouge occupied Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975
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The Khmer Rouge sought to destroy any evidence of Western influence
Pol Pot planned to restructure Cambodian society so there would be no evidence of Western influence (seen as corrupt).
The inhabitants of Phnom Penh were forced to evacuate and begin a new life cultivating rice.
Those who were considered to be unfit for the new ways were tortured and killed.
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A prisoner’s details were recorded before torture and death
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Pol Pot’s Utopia
- A slave labour camp
The Cambodian rail system was wrecked
- The ruined French-built railway station in Kampot.
Sihanouk’s palace in Kep was gutted
Many of the villas and public buildings in the holiday resort of Kep were destroyed.
Kep
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1880529_1848684,00.htmlSome of the victims
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Mass graves were found all over Cambodia
Memorial to the killing fields of Battambang
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Tens of thousands of Cambodian refugees fled to camps in Thailand where many remained for more than a decade
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Pol Pot died in his jungle home, 15 April 1998, aged 73years. He never faced charges.
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