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LETTER FROM PURSAT PROVINCE
Dated June 27,
2000
To respected
Excellency Mr. Youk Chhang, Director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia: My
name is Sao Daroeun, district governor of Kandieng, Pursat Province. I have
received “Searching For the Truth” of issues number 1 up to number 5 one after
another. I would like to express my gratitude for your excellent magazine sent
to our local authorities. After reading, I can’t help appreciating all texts and
articles of the magazine. In addition to these points of satisfaction, I would
like to list down my points of view in the light of your publication: 1) The
magazine is a reflection of truth and make me moved and support it. I am very
moved by the description of obvious, unexpected tragedy cause by the genocidal
regime within three years, eight months and twenty days. I feel surprised at the
thought of a situation where I survived the regime in 1979 with fearful, paying
off status. I am very exited to see your Excellency create such accurate
magazine, emphasizing real characteristics of the documentation, which reveals
the history of bitter endured by Khmer people during 1975-1979 to the national
and international publics.
I support the
publication of the magazine with broad distribution. By this way, the younger
generations would be able to learn about the past. Therefore, I would suggest
the magazine be reached by local villagers; 2) “Searching For the Truth” is
priceless by the fact that it is not a holder of fictions, but experiences of
criminals who massacred their own people under the guidelines of Pol Pol clique.
Cambodian younger generations have to mobilize the Khmer spirit and conscience
for the sake of national unity and preventing the return of the regime riddled
with killing pits. I highly appreciate you and your colleagues for impartial
stance in seeking a real justice for our unfortunate people. I will see my
enclosed poem retelling the bitter memories for the Documentation Center of
Cambodia.
Yours
sincerely,
Sao Daroeun
Governor of
Kandieng District, Pursat Province
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