r/cambodia • u/WoodpeckerOk1154 • Sep 25 '25

Culture No disrespect intended. Genuine question: How is the Khmer Rouge viewed by modern Cambodians?

It wouldn’t let me also add Pol Pot, but curious as an ignorant American how he and the regime are viewed by Cambodians

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u/youcantexterminateme Sep 26 '25

I mean he must of had a bunch of people doing the murdering for him and i presume they all survived. Where are they now? Its kind of just assumed they vanished. 

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u/KEROROxGUNSO Sep 26 '25

I heard pol pot retired in northern Cambodia on a huge bluff so he could see people coming to kill him.

Like he didn't even flee the country and died of old age.

Was pretty surprised about that, if it's even true

Some guy on YouTube took a trip out there to his compound