Its a great experience to see the debate about Prosecuting the Khmer Rouge. To be honest, I am, who is Cambodian know nothing about what it was really happening during year 1975 – 1979. And To be honest, I have no feeling of what should we punish to those who commit such terrible crime to the whole country. And seriously, I feel ashamed of unable to share what I feel or what I know to those students and Instructor who came to do the debate. It just, I am also a Cambodian, my parents went through all of those hard time and yet, I am born after everything back to normal, born in the time that I can have everything I want, well, not everything, but most of the important things I want.
I always get nervous whenever question rise up, and I always wish upon my heart “Someone please answer the question, please please, don’t lets the whole conversation begin so quiet like this”. To be honest, I am scare, my brain so mix up, frustrated and everything, I am afraid, because most of the time that I am speak out to share my idea, it mostly turn out to be out of topic. I am afraid of those eyes that look at me in a scary way. I am scare…
And at the end, I feel regret, “if only I did say something… if only I am brave enough….if only I am smart enough… … if only I am a fast learner….” It keep going around and round…
Let’s just leave end of I said above and move on to the main topic I wanna share today which is about the “Debate relate to Prosecuting the Khmer Rouge” .
The Prosecuting Team, a Defense Team & Civil Parties Representative along with their instructor. They are from University of San Francisco School of Law. They will leave Phnom Penh to their country at the end of this week While one of them gonna stay here for a whole summer.
The Question of Law that rise up were ” Senior Khmer Rouge Leaders” and ” those most responsible for serious crime and violations ” .
Also some other questions at the end of the debate was : to share our knowledge or what we feel about this, as we are the Cambodian. ..
Lastly, I’ve got three books and two posters for free :
- A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979) Khmer Version
- A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979) English Version
- The Khmer Rouge Tribunal
