| | | | | | The Base People
The base people lived in the areas that were "liberated"
by the Khmer Rouge before 1975. They generally came
from rural areas and remained in the village or district of
their birth throughout most of the Democratic
Kampuchea regime. However, they were frequently
forced to move to work sites within their districts to
meet changing agricultural and labor demands.
The Khmer Rouge claimed to revere the base people and
gave them more privileges than the new people (those
evacuated from the cities after 1975). But like other
Cambodians, they were subjected to severe deprivation,
hard labor, and food shortages during Democratic
Kampuchea. Late in the regime, the Khmer Rouge
herded them into cooperatives in distant provinces in an
effort to stay in control of the population while escaping
the Vietnamese Army in January 1979. | | | | | |
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| date | Fri 2008-10-17 15:04:55 |
| focal | 7.4mm (35mm equivalent: 36mm) |
| weather | Sunny at day, heavy rain at night |
| distant | same location as last photo |
| location | Map of "the base people" |
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| model | Canon PowerShot G9 |
width | 800 |
| height | 600 |
flash | No |
| timing | 0.100 s (1/10) |
aperture | f/2.8 |
| iso | 200 |
whitebalance | Auto |
| metering | matrix |
latitude | N 11d 33.00m 0s |
| longitude | E 104d 55.06m 0s |
elevation | 7.29m |
| continent | Asia |
country | Vietnam |
| region | South East Asia |
city | Phnom Penh |
| itinerary | Phnom Penh |
activity | S21 |
| temperature | Hot |
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