Pol Pot Part 4: The Killing Fields
Real Dictators
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The Death of a Prime Minister
Paul Park now stands alone as Cambodian leader. He has little choice but to assume the role of Prime Minister. Colleagues speak of being utterly unable to read him. The scale of murder perpetrated by the state is staggering. Between 1975 and 1979, Palpat's regime is responsible for the deaths of between 1.5 and 2 million people,. about a quarter of the entire population. Most are cast into mass graves. In percentage terms, there has perhaps never been a regime responsible for killing so many of its own people. As the Khmer Rouge say, to keep you is no profit, to destroy you, is no loss.
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