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Phnom Penh - Tuol Sleng The Khmer Rouge, under the command of Pol Pot, came into power in 1975, after a violent battle. The cities were cleared/evacuated, people were foreced to move to the country and a lot of people (monks, teachers, doctors, officials, soldiers, ...) were executed. The Khmer Rouge was driven out of Phnom Penh by the Vietnamese in 1979.<br /> <br /> Tuol Sleng was originally a school, but the Khmer Rouge used it as a prison and as a torture chamber. Now Tuol Sleng is a museum to the atrocities carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime. Stefan Cruysberghs

Phnom Penh - Tuol Sleng (Cambodia)

The Khmer Rouge, under the command of Pol Pot, came into power in 1975, after a violent battle. The cities were cleared/evacuated, people were foreced to move to the country and a lot of people (monks, teachers, doctors, officials, soldiers, ...) were executed. The Khmer Rouge was driven out of Phnom Penh by the Vietnamese in 1979.

Tuol Sleng was originally a school, but the Khmer Rouge used it as a prison and as a torture chamber. Now Tuol Sleng is a museum to the atrocities carried out by the Khmer Rouge regime.

, Stefan Cruysberghs, Nikon Coolpix 8700, Request high resolution photo