Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge was a communist guerrilla movement in Cambodia led by Pol Pot.
After taking power, it imposed a brutal revolutionary regime inspired partly by the Chinese model of cultural revolution.
Its rule caused:
- mass executions
- famine
- forced labor
- over two million deaths
Danger
Khmer Rouge = 红色高棉，是20世纪最极端、最致命的革命政权之一
The regime became associated with Cambodia’s “killing fields（杀戮战场）.”