Aftermath
After the fall of Khmer Rouge, everyone suffered. Thousands of people went to Thailand; they were left with nothing to eat but roots, leaves, and bugs along the way. Many died of starvation and others stepped on land mines that Khmer Rouge had planted them along the western boarder, to keep people from fleeing. Almost anyone who did make it to Thiland brought many illnesses such as; Malaria, Typhoid, Cholera, and many others. About 650,000 people died in the year after the falling of Khmer Rouge.
Most of the survivers suffered from PTSD, but no one was ever offered any treatment for this. No one cared about it, which lead for the PTSD to worsen. In some with PTSD, had numorous panic attacks which triggered those heart troubles to have heart attacks.
Mass graves were uncovered in the 1990's all around cambodia. Each held hundreds of remains from the Khmer Rouge exicution grounds. (world,2015)
In 2003, the Cambodian government agreed to establish a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those who commited nasty and wicked killings between 1975 and 1979, leading to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia(ECCC). Unfortunately, most of Khmer Rouge had either died off or flead and weren't able to be prosecuted, included Pol Pot, who died in 1998 without any charges against him. The ECCC has been criticized for its speed and inefficiency. There have only been six prosecutions, one being Pol Pot's second-in-command, Nuon Chea.
Today, Cambodia is still recovering from Khmer Rouge. Cambodia is still filled with millions of landmines which have been the cause of more deaths and disabilities even up to the present. Estimated that there are about 40,000 people in Cambodia that are amptees due to these landmines. Many families that were separated during the period of the regime still have not reunited. Even though Khmer Rouge no longer exists, many in Cambodian politics were previously influential members of the organization. Incluing, prime Minister Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge commander. There are also former members living in the countryside. (Genocide,U. to E, 2016)
Most of the survivers suffered from PTSD, but no one was ever offered any treatment for this. No one cared about it, which lead for the PTSD to worsen. In some with PTSD, had numorous panic attacks which triggered those heart troubles to have heart attacks.
Mass graves were uncovered in the 1990's all around cambodia. Each held hundreds of remains from the Khmer Rouge exicution grounds. (world,2015)
In 2003, the Cambodian government agreed to establish a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those who commited nasty and wicked killings between 1975 and 1979, leading to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia(ECCC). Unfortunately, most of Khmer Rouge had either died off or flead and weren't able to be prosecuted, included Pol Pot, who died in 1998 without any charges against him. The ECCC has been criticized for its speed and inefficiency. There have only been six prosecutions, one being Pol Pot's second-in-command, Nuon Chea.
Today, Cambodia is still recovering from Khmer Rouge. Cambodia is still filled with millions of landmines which have been the cause of more deaths and disabilities even up to the present. Estimated that there are about 40,000 people in Cambodia that are amptees due to these landmines. Many families that were separated during the period of the regime still have not reunited. Even though Khmer Rouge no longer exists, many in Cambodian politics were previously influential members of the organization. Incluing, prime Minister Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge commander. There are also former members living in the countryside. (Genocide,U. to E, 2016)
The Khmer Rouge genocide left a deep mark on the traditional Cambodian culture. Now lacking a healing process for the traumatized victims, distrust was formed, and fear resulted in the breakdown of the traditional core values. For a full and effective recovery of any society, traumatized victims cannot be ignored. The Khmer Rouge genocide fell apart almost three decades ago, yet the wound caused by the regime remains unhealed. While the Khmer Rouge Tribunal was beginning, there was an immediate need that the United Nations agencies and other NGOs to work together with Cambodia to treat the Khmer Rouge victims who were and still are suffering from the mental trauma, so that these remaining traumatized victims will soon recover from the past trauma and begin to live their lives in peace once again. (Peace and Conflict, 2008)
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