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Greg Mellen, City of Long Beach Calfiornia's Press Telegram Staff Writer
Survivors tell of Khmer Rouge genocide LONG BEACH: Testimony being collected may be used in tribunals of regime officials. By Greg Mellen Staff Writer Posted: 03/27/2009 09:59:53 PM PDT
LONG BEACH - Every night they come to her: the spirits of her family, slaughtered by the Khmer Rouge and asking for her help. As Sath Um tells her story, she covers her eyes and ears, describing the visions and sounds of the souls of her husband, three children, parents and siblings. They are just a few of the estimated 2 million left dead during the reign of the Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia. On Friday, Um said she was getting a chance to answer her family's pleas. The Cambodian genocide survivor, the last in her family, was one of about 50 Cambodian elders who showed up at McBride Park for the chance to give testimony and information that is being collected and could be used as part of the official proceedings in the Khmer Rouge war tribunals in Cambodia. It will be delivered to the Victims' Unit of the Extraordinary Chambers to the Courts of Cambodia, which is overseeing the trials.
Survivors tell of Khmer Rouge genocide LONG BEACH: Testimony being collected may be used in tribunals of regime officials. By Greg Mellen Staff Writer Posted: 03/27/2009 09:59:53 PM PDT
LONG BEACH - Every night they come to her: the spirits of her family, slaughtered by the Khmer Rouge and asking for her help. As Sath Um tells her story, she covers her eyes and ears, describing the visions and sounds of the souls of her husband, three children, parents and siblings. They are just a few of the estimated 2 million left dead during the reign of the Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia. On Friday, Um said she was getting a chance to answer her family's pleas. The Cambodian genocide survivor, the last in her family, was one of about 50 Cambodian elders who showed up at McBride Park for the chance to give testimony and information that is being collected and could be used as part of the official proceedings in the Khmer Rouge war tribunals in Cambodia. It will be delivered to the Victims' Unit of the Extraordinary Chambers to the Courts of Cambodia, which is overseeing the trials.
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