Of about 70 people in our family, nearly everyone was killed by the Khmer Rouge. They targeted anyone who could be a threat, who didn’t conform to their ideals, who wasn’t full blooded Cambodian, or who had any education beyond high school, as they believed everyone should be farmers living off the land.
My dad’s family were very politically active, and he was a captain in the army as well as a doctor. Mum’s family were not politically active, but she had fairer skin and was studying to be a doctor, and the majority of her . . .