Comrades Sar Kheng, Hor 5 Hong and Hun Xen were KR cadres, they were no victims of the KR regime: Le Monde

Comrade Im Chem (L) is a small KR fish when compared the other big KR fish such as: Comrade Hor 5 Hong, Comrade Sar Kheng and Comrade Hun Xen. Yet, she is investigated by the KR Tribunal while the others are living the high life of government officials.

An ex-KR claims the right to be forgotten

29 September 2009
By Jacques Follorou Special Report
Source: Le Monde (France)
Translated from French by Luc Sâr for KI-Media
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Trapaing Tav (Cambodia) – At first glance, it is difficult to picture that Im Chem, a slender-looking grandmother with high cheek bones, is among the five new people accused by the KR Tribunal in mid-September. The tribunal is in charge of judging crimes perpetrated by the KR between 1975 and 1979.

Not far from Anlong Veng (northern Cambodia), the historical KR stronghold, Im Chem received us at a wooden table while being surrounded by a group of her family, inside her house built on stilt. Dressed in a brown blouse with large buttons, her piercing eyes with blue reflections are changing from smiling to cold looking. She said that she was not informed about the investigation against her: “I am not scared of anything, I did nothing wrong.”

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