Associated Press
Poor villagers in a northwestern Cambodian village plan to raise money to help restore a Khmer Rouge communal dining hall to serve as a reminder of the hunger people endured during the regime's brutal rule in the 1970s.
Several panels of the 20-foot by 65-foot (6-meter by 20-meter) wooden structure, built in 1976, have fallen off and pieces of its roof are missing, according to village officials. The inside is empty and has been used as a communal hall for years in Svay village in Banteay Meanchey province, 190 miles (300 kilometers) from the capital.
The village chief, Vy Chhlon, said Wednesday the community's 350 families have decided to pool their money to make repairs so future generations will see where ordinary Cambodians ate meals during the Khmer Rouge era.
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