First Person: Surviving Cambodia's Tuol Sleng prison - 3 Dec

Of the estimated 14,000 prisoners who were sent to Cambodia's infamous Tuol Sleng prison during the Khmer Rouge regime, only a handful are known to have survived.

One of them is 61-year-old Bou Meng, who spoke to Al Jazeera about his terrible experiences.

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[machinemoelleux]

Something should be done for him.

[KitSamka]

i would wanna give that grandpa a hug..innocent guy like this should really live happily.

[Geeoooww]

my mom just met him and buy his book on 11th of this month. my mom feels sorry for him...a person like him is innocent and should'nt be tortured

[SithSereyPheap1]

Ahhhhhh the fateful years.....;)))))))

[nandopatoch]

This is just so sad.....may it be a lesson for all humanity. Be at peace grandpa...

[MrAlvinSinfulSong]

HOw this get 1 dislike?

[MrAlvinSinfulSong]

@tungchankiet Why are you saying Fuck You to China?

[dfpace]

I have met this man and purchased his book while on a visit to Tuol Seng, he was kind enough to sign it for me. The thing that was most gripping in his story was his statement that the torture he personally experienced was nothing compared to the mental anguish of not knowing where his wife was or what was happening to her.

[Effectsluver]

The title of his book is bou meng. I'm not sure where u can buy it. I bought it when I met him at the genocide museum

[BrianHo1337]

@SophiaSweethart The book's name is Bou Meng, a Survivor from the Khmer Rouge Prison S-21. There's a slogan on the front page that reads "Justice for the future not just for the victims". I'm very lucky to be able to meet the man and take a picture with him, he sits in a chair next to a book stand near the end of the genocide museum.

[SophiaSweethart]

@kitgyrl what is the titled of that book

[kitgyrl]

I met this man yesterday. He was selling copies of the book that was made about him in the genocide museum in Phenom Phenh. I was very humbled to meet him. He is one of only 14 people who made it out of that prison. For years, everyone thought he was dead, and then he appeared. I'm reading the book now.