Youk Chhang
Youk Chhang
Youk Chhang is the Executive Director of the Documentation Center of Cambodiaand a survivor of the Khmer Rouge’s “killing fields.” He became DC-Cam’s leader in 1995, when the Center was founded as a field office of Yale University’s Cambodian Genocide Program to conduct research, training and documentation relating to the Khmer Rouge regime. Chhang continued to run the Center after its inception as an independent Cambodian non-governmental organization in 1997 and is currently building on DC-Cam’s work to establish the...
educated education foreigners help past people propaganda publicity scientific serve tragic
Propaganda doesn't serve the truth. Cambodians and foreigners should be educated about the tragic past but publicity like this is not necessary. Scientific explanation does more to help people understand.
cannot memories
It is commercializing the memories. Memories cannot be sold, cannot be contracted.
cannot memories
It is commercializing the memories, ... Memories cannot be sold, cannot be contracted.
denied destroy existence government
The government denied the archive's existence all these years. But when they had the chance, they didn't destroy it?
denied destroy existence government
The government denied the archive's existence all these years, ... But when they had the chance, they didn't destroy it?
aware knew strong
They knew there would be a strong reaction. They were aware of the sensitivity.
bring case court justice prove test until works
If the court can bring this (the Khmer Rouge) case to justice it will prove it can work. We won't be able to tell if the court works or not until we test it.
forced wait
The circumstances may have forced him to say something like this. We will have to wait and see what will be next.