Khmer Rouge Tribunal

John Pilger-the man I like

I have watched two of his documentaries which I gained a lot of knowledge about the world from.  The first is about Year Zero in Cambodia and the second is (as I recall) War on Democracy. John Pilger came into Cambodia in 1979, and made a documentary about the immediate legacy of the Khmer Rouge regime. He did a really job in bringing causes together with effects. How did Year Zero exist? And what started the fire? Here is the link of his speech:

Email sent to my classmates–I’m happy to read

This angry email was sent to us this morning, stemming from the late coming of several students including me. I didn't back off and smiled at  him because I knew what wrong I'd done. I don't back off but feel sure that I'm going to do my best and do it best finally. Nobody wants to dwell on mistakes, and either do I. So the answer is that "I'll do", better than "I'll try".   [....You all still need support to become well-rounded, rational and productive citizens -- not just workers. Cambodians...

It’s only a matter of time

My mother's generation are always appalled at the young generation's choices or ways of life. They want things to run for us smoothly and, as they say, with no defiance. She, like other people of her age, has gone through so much that life has taught her to be quite different from her children including me. Born after Cambodia freed itself from France, she, in her late teen, suffered, sweltered in the Khmer Rouge regime. (I promise myself to write about her, just like what author Frank McCourt w...

Intial Hearing of Duch’s Trial at ECCC

I remember about a year ago, I contributed a post about the throught of the first hearing of Duch. This year, this hour, Duch has been detained for 9 years, 9 months and 27 days, as Francios Roux said at the beginnig of the trial after the presiding judge allowed all the defense lawyers to speak. After hearing this, I evaluated that it was very nice to see it now because Duch could have a chance to taste legal procedures while about two millions of Cambodians didn't. Of coures, I did agree that ...