First Khmer Rouge trial to open - 29 Mar 09

A senior Khmer Rouge figure, who ran the S-21 prison during the brutal years under the regime in the 1970s, goes on trial in a UN-backed court on Monday.

But do young Cambodians bother about past atrocities that resulted in the deaths of one and a half million people?

Al Jazeera's Laura Kyle reports from Phnom Penh.

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[Gina2NYC]

Finally some small token of justice for Cambodian families. Try and execute them all. The animals!

[toosinbeymen]

I wish AJE would have gone into more details when they described Western and Cambodian justice. Do the Cambodians simply want to forget? It seems so as there has been little effort to bring anyone to justice for the past 30 years.

[xxxdieselyyy]

@hazedus -----------and the young generation they dont care they only care about selling noodles and shit--------->Your circumstances largely shapes u r views and does so overwhelmingly. Otherwise we would've had our first and last war in like 24000 BC or something.

Today, in Cambodia, if u were a Khmer "common man" feeding u r family is a more pressing concern than the Khmer Rouge. If u don't sell noodles u and u r family gets to experience live the life conditions as in Khmer Rouge era.

[xxxdieselyyy]

@hazedus -----------how are they even still alive is beyond me------------>Who? The Khmer Rouge leaders? Easy, 'coz the leader of Cambodia is Khmer Rouge member (Hun Sen). He DID defect to Vietnam, but not out of his opposition or grudge w/ KR, but because Pol Pot pinned him down 4 suspicion. But I've never seen Hun Sen express any sort of regret of being in the Khmer Rouge ever.

The young generation cares not much about KR because a lot of them know this is a kangaroo showpiece trial.

[hazedus]

@xxxdieselyyy you're right and the thought makes me sick, how are they even still alive is beyond me, why werent they hunted and killed like the people they terrorize, why were they still living looking real healthy, fuck that, and the young generation they dont care they only care about selling noodles and shit, that's why these people lived so long, and happy lives amongst their victims...sad

[xxxdieselyyy]

Even if these guys get tried and railed, they are gonna be bunking in a white collar jail with heated floors, golf course, catered meals etc like Manuel Noriega.......

[CommunistNewZealand]

@Gina2NYC USA is the animal

[Guevaristas]

'Operation Menu was the codename of a covert United States Strategic Air Command (SAC) bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia from 18 March 1969 until 26 May 1970, during the Vietnam War leading to the destruction of over 1,000 towns and villages, the displacement of 2,000,000, and the deaths of over 600,000 Cambodians.'

and what about these US war crimes??? ay ay?

[Guevaristas]

@Gina2NYC you are an idiot

[BURNBULLETS]

The guy at 2:34 is how pol pot got on with things

[eviltreemonster]

What about the Serbs and the Neo Nazi street thugs in Russia? As evil as they are, at least they give away their views.

[TheRedneckJunkie]

but the death camps in nazi germany were a secret.