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Svay Ken
A History of my Family Series: The Flight from Phnom Penh

1990's, Oil on canvas
60 x 80 cm

In Takeo Province, Pol Pot troops returned, pushing the Vietnamese troops out. Airplanes dropped bombs and the people ran back and forth, not knowing where it was safe to stay or who was winning. The returning Pol Pot soldiers considered the people of the countryside as enemies.

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