The babies, the young ones, I did not order them to be killed. For Son Sen and his family, yes, I feel sorry for that. That was a mistake of when we put our plan into practice.
— Pol Pot Modern

Cambodian dictator, Khmer Rouge

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Interview with Nate Thayer for Far Eastern Economic Review.

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1997

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