On reconciliation, memory and justice in Cambodia: Interview with Youk Chhang | Prachatai English
27.9.13
On reconciliation, memory and justice in Cambodia: Interview with Youk Chhang | Prachatai English: The Documentation Centre of Cambodia houses over 500,000 documents and 6,000 photographs, making it the largest archive of its kind. According to Chhang, it was an important source of evidence contributing to the establishment of the Cambodia Tribunal in 1997.
Chhang was imprisoned and tortured by the Khmer Rouge when he was 14. One of his sisters, accused by the soldiers of stealing rice, had her stomach cut open and died. The Khmer Rouge also killed Chhang’s other brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles and his grandparents.
“To be honest, I came to this work in the first place not for reconciliation but for revenge. I was very, very angry with the Khmer Rouge,” said Chhang.
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