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Svay Ken
A History of my Family Series: The
Accusation
1990's, Oil on canvas
60 x 80 cm
| In the areas which the Khmer Rouge briefly took back, they let the people live by their own means. "I was in one of these areas," Svay Ken tells, "and I went to look for grass for the cow with two of my sons. Suddenly a Pol Pot soldier appeared and accused us of stealing since he said that even the grass belonged to Angkar. My sons and I were terrified and thought that we had finally reached our last day. But because I quickly kneeled and begged for forgiveness, after a long time this soldier agreed to let us go." |
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