| | | | | | PRESENTATION OF THE EXTERMINATION CAMP CHCEUNG EK
THE EXTERMINATION CAMP CNIEUNG EK 15 ABOUT 156km from
PHNOM PENH IN THE SOUTH - WEST. IT IMPLICATED IM THE ORGANISATION OF
THE BIGGEST SECURITY CENTRE OF KAMPUCHEA DEMOCRATIC IN POL
POT REGIME UNDER THE NAME S.21. S21 HAD ITS HEADQUARTER AT TUOL
SLENG PRISION. AILL THE VICTIMS (PEASANTS WORKERS,INTELLECTUALS
MINISTERS,KHMER DIPLOMATS, FOREIGNERS, WOMEN, CHILDREN..) DETAINED AND
TORTURED DURING INTERROGATING AT TUOL SLENG WERE LATER SENT TO CHIEUNG
EK FOR LIQUIDATION. A LOT OF POPULATION AND POL POT SOLDIERS OF THE EASTERN
ZONE WERE ALSO SENT THERE SINCE MAY 1378 TOWARDS THE END OF 1980,86 OUT 129
MASS GRAVES WERE UNEARTHED IN THIS EXTERMINATION CAMP AND 8985 CORPESES WERE FOUND.
A STUPA HAS BEEN ERECTED TO PRESERVE THEIR REMAINS
AND ALSO TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF THE KAMPUCHEA PEOPLE
UNDER POL POT REGIME . | | | | | |
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| date | Fri 2008-10-17 16:21:40 |
| focal | 7.4mm (35mm equivalent: 48mm) |
| weather | Sunny at day, heavy rain at night |
| distant | walk 0.02 km SW from last photo |
| location | Map of "bones beneath killing tree" |
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| model | Canon PowerShot G9 |
width | 734 |
| height | 600 |
flash | No |
| timing | 0.125 s (1/8) |
aperture | f/2.8 |
| iso | 100 |
whitebalance | Manual |
| metering | matrix |
latitude | N 11d 29.06m 0s |
| longitude | E 104d 54.14m 0s |
elevation | 2.63m |
| continent | Asia |
country | Vietnam |
| region | South East Asia |
city | Phnom Penh |
| itinerary | Phnom Penh |
activity | Killing field |
| temperature | Hot |
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