[The following is in regards to the trial of Kaing Guek Eav, commonly known as Comrade Duch, who was the head of the Khmer Rouge’s internal security branch, in which he oversaw the Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp where thousands were held for interrogation and torture. While the trial itself takes place in the early 2000s, I still felt it appropriate, as the trial only covered events taking place between the years 1975-1979. Every testimony is from that time period, and everything depicted by the author, who was present at the trial, are essentially reactions to this gruesome period of history by contemporaries who were present or had participated. In that sense, I feel this fits well for our purposes, and I do not believe it breaks the 20 Year Rule.]
There was a different procedure when the personnel of S-21 themselves were arrested and thrown in irons in the very place where, the day before, they had been carrying out their tasks. They were led in with their faces covered so that their colleagues wouldn’t recognize them. As for the children who ended up in S-21, there was no point writing down their biographies or taking snapshots of them, says Suor Thi: “I paid no attention to the children because I had to pay such close attention to the prisoners. None of the children would survive. All of them would be killed.”
Source:
Cruvellier, T., and Alex Gilly. “Chapter 3.” The Master of Confessions: The Making of a Khmer Rouge Torturer. Ecco, 2014. 18-19. Print.
Further Reading:
សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង (Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum) / Security Prison 21 (S-21)
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