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Cambodia
The communist Khmer Rouge came to power in April 1975 under
the leadership of a fanatical Maoist called Pol Pot (his real name was
Saloth Sar) and emptied out all towns and cities.
The Khmer Rouge regime is regarded as the apex of communist
genocide.
One of the worst mass slaughters in the world took place under
Pol Pot's regime. Between 1975 and 1979 alone, some 3.3 million people
out of a total population of 9 million were killed by being shot in the
head, suffocated by having plastic bags put over their heads, pickaxe
blows to the head or starvation.
Under Pol Pot's rule, the party decided that for the sake of the coun-
try, the only duty of a communist was to work to death in the rice pad-
dies, and it duly forced the entire population of Cambodia to work in the
rice paddies. Tens of thousands of city-dwellers – politicians, civil ser-
vants, teachers and intellectuals – were
exiled to the countryside and forced to
labor on collective farms under terribly
harsh conditions.
Shirking, eating even a tiny piece
of produce without permission or per-
forming any religious observance were
regarded as "counter-revolutionary
activities," and under that pretext,
killing at the level of almost one person
a minute was initiated. At least one
member of every family lost their lives
during this slaughter.
People who spoke more than one Pol Pot, the ruthless Khmer
language, those who were doctors or Rouge leader and murderer of
3 million Cambodians
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