January 12, 2022 • 39 mins
In this episode, we hear from two people who survived the genocide in Cambodia.
Sokphal Din BEM was a boy of 17 when he and his family were forced from their home in April 1975. His dream of becoming a doctor was destroyed as he endured four years of hard labour and starvation under the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Sokphal talks in moving detail about what happened to him and his family.
Ramoni Sim was only 10 when she and her family were forced out of their home. This is the first time that she has told her heartbreaking story to the world.
Sokphal Din BEM was a boy of 17 when he and his family were forced from their home in April 1975. His dream of becoming a doctor was destroyed as he endured four years of hard labour and starvation under the reign of the Khmer Rouge. Sokphal talks in moving detail about what happened to him and his family.
Ramoni Sim was only 10 when she and her family were forced out of their home. This is the first time that she has told her heartbreaking story to the world.
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