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Impacts of the KR (Estimated deaths of 1-2 million people (20% of the…
Impacts of the KR
Estimated deaths of 1-2 million people (20% of the population)
"arrogant, untrained medical practitioners" (Chandler)
Pre-colonial cures, lack of emphasis on hygiene or diagnosis
Ill people received fewer rations then healthy people
Failings of the four year plan and agricultural developments
reserves of food intended to feed the people was exported to china or taken to an unknown destination
Forced population growth
Planned growth 8 -> 20 million
Rape of civilians
State sanctions
Eric Handley
2019 (time magazine) --> the majority of Cambodia's population is under 30 years old
blamed deaths of V invasion
Destruction of the family unit
KR banned family relationships
gov approval for marriage
Thousands forced to marry in an unceremonious mass wedding to a stranger
policy of forcing people to eat in a communal hall rather than as a family (1977)
considered a capitalist framework
Unpopular amongst families
deprived people of cooking and casual conversation
63% separated from family members
Education
Most educated people killed (foreign influence
Claimed schools would re-opened in 1977, few schools opened in 1978
Only four accounts of non-cadre members of the time
only 2793/21311 primary school teachers remained
Nationalism
Indoctrination
Closing of borders
Horrors of the KR only came to light in 1979
Polpot stressed inviolability of Cambodia's frontiers and national borders (Chandler)
Fear