Ung Kilong, the 50-year-old author of “The Golden Leaf”. (Photo: Courtesy of Ung Kilong)Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Washington, D.C Wednesday, 04 August 2010
“Young people joined the Khmer Rouge because they lacked understanding,” he said. “With the schooling in place they will have more knowledge.”The author of a Khmer Rouge memoir who now lives in the US is raising funds to help education in Cambodia.
Ung Kilong, the 50-year-old author of “The Golden Leaf,” said he hopes better education will promote free thinking and a break from the kind of political ideology that led to the disaster of the Khmer Rouge.
“Young people joined the Khmer Rouge because they lacked understanding,” he said. “With the schooling in place they will have more knowledge.”
Ung Kilong is working with a group of associates to build a primary school in Thmor Kol district, Battambang province, where students are taught by underpaid teachers in a dilapidated school and without proper uniforms.
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