Ceremony held to mark brutality of Khmer Rouge

Publication date 21 May 2019 | 07:42 | ICT

Government officials on Monday joined more than 2,000 members of the public at the Cheoung Ek Killing Field on the outskirts of Phnom Penh to mark the National Day of Remembrance commemorating the brutality of the Khmer Rouge regime.

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