Survivors of the Khmer Rouge: The prince - 31 Mar 09

Most Cambodians alive today lost at least one family member to the Khmer Rouge's brutal rule.

And that includes the royal family, among them Prince Thomico Sisowath, the nephew of former King Sihanouk.

But despite losing his parents to the Khmer Rouge he is not in favour of the tribunals that are now underway.

He tells Al Jazeera his story.

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[1yK3Y4]

I wish more people would watch important videos like this instead of useless crap like Miley Cyrus crying at the Kid's Choice Awards. This man lost so many family members in such a horrible manner, yet I'm sure most people don't even know what the Khmer Rouge is.

[jax1492]

good point

[lookers34]

I hope that ALL OF KHMER ROUGE will BURN IN HELL!!! They have destroyed their own people with their evil idealogy. So how does hell feel like Pot Pol? Is it hot enough for you? Dont worry soon all of your cronies will join you!!! For as long there is law and order in the universe, Someone you will have to answer to for the deed of your life/action. You might escape man justice, but you will never escape divine justice. When your last breath is drawn in this life...YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

[nazicrazy]

khmer FUCK

[carpet4clean]

i think all Cambodian king families are lie to Cambodian People? that my ideas only? why happen? who lead that..? it is all come from king families create it. and cambodian leaders are liar and all my love khmer People never know the truth. we need to study more carefully into it a again and again ? why cambodian become to small and smaller..?

[igloo50]

@1yK3Y4 My own history teacher, someone who is supposed to have a DEGREE in this kind of thing, didn't know what Khmer meant

[BAIYUE1]

@khmer540finest08

I think you know why?

Because Polpot is chinesekhmer

And Chinese government supply weapon for Khmer rough.Shame on you.

[khmer540finest08]

he said he can't explain how and why this happened, I think we all can...Youn and china want Khmer land for hundred of years now. And that's what they are doing. They want people to think that Khmer people planed this and Khmer people wanted to kill 2millions of their own kind. This was all set up, even before the Khmer rouge.

[sk8JAM88]

@1yK3Y4 dude CHILL. some people dont enjoy watching devastating and depressing videos. Kids will be kids. Now please just chill.

[am1966ath]

@1yK3Y4 the horrible thing is that these people could have fled before the fall of Phnom Penh in 1975, but they choose to stay.

[MrFlyingtigers]

why did it take 30 years to catch these criminals and put them on trial?