CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE

WHAT HAPPENED?

• From 1975-1979
• 1.7 million people died
• 21% of Cambodia's entire population
• Khmer Rogue Movement

WHY DID IT OCCUR?

• Wanted to convert to communism
• Ban all urban life and western ideas
• Wanted to limit religions
• Only wanted people that could do laborious work

WHO WAS INVOLVED?

• Khmer Rogue (Pol Pot)
• Citizens of Cambodia and Vietnamese
• Educated people
• Religious followers
• Elderly, handicapped, ill, children

WHAT RESULTED?

• Death of 1.7 million people
• Vietnam's withdrawal
• Economic failure
• Buddhism and Democracy

CHANGES

• Khmer Rogue disbanded
• Increase in diversity
• Cambodia is currently tranquil