Vicious crimes of Cambodian leader likened to the Nazis | 60 Minutes Australia

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The full wrath of Comrade Duch, the Cambodian convicted war criminal and leader of the notorious Khmer Rouge movement. His atrocities had been compared to the Nazis.
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Synopsis | Crimes of Comrade Duch (2010)
David Scott and Ron Dean. Two Australians, two of the millions of people who died in the killing fields of Cambodia. Back in 1978, they set out on a sailing adventure that would end in one of the world's most notorious jails. Victims of a monster called Comrade Duch. Like so many casualties of war, their story was largely forgotten, filed away in the too hard basket. But there was one man - an Australian lawyer - who refused to forget. And now, after 30 years, finally there's justice. This month, an international tribunal delivers its verdict on the terrible crimes of comrade Duch.
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[@SamCambodianmusicchannel1]

I lived through the Khmer Rouge genocide. Not only those in this so called S-21 prison were killed, but every where throughout the country. I lost many relatives through forced labor, starvation, disease, and killing. I was about 7 years old when this happened. So thankful to be alive today.

[@nschlaak]

There's a story about two people, a husband and wife who had kept silent about their medical knowledge while all of the others were rounded up and killed. Every day they had to walk with a group of people to be "reeducated" along a dirt path and then to a boardwalk out to a building on stilts for their "education". If you stepped off the path the mines would kill you if the soldiers didn't shoot you first. Sometimes the soldiers would start randomly shooting into the group just to see people run into the minefields and explode. As the group was doing its mantras praising their leader an explosion was heard just before a woman ran into the building. It was after the last medical person had been killed by roughly 3 months. "Our leader was on his way to graduate you but he stepped on an unexploded mine." "Is their anyone here who has medical training?" "We made a big mistake in getting rid of the medical teams and we need someone to save his life." The husband doctor and wife nurse raised their hands and the gaurds siezed them and took them outside and shot them. It was only a ruse to get the last of the educated people killed. Research everything and stay educated to protect yourselves from being manipulated by the media services.

[@BrEnDaNNNN_]

That’s heavy…..so sad

[@Amp497]

Why blur the picture? It is history.

[@bellatrix4943]

It's KZbin restrictions. It wasn't blurred in 2010 when this came out, but like everything else FB included, YT also has gotten MUCH stricter with content and freedom of speech etc etc....unfortunately.

[@bobbydee668]

Exactly

[@auntyshakira747]

'Trained by Mr Magoo' what a legend. The torture humans can inflict on another human, is evil, it's an insult to animals to call these monsters animals.

[@user-jv8ht9wg9r]

all humans are capable of such and we can't be trusted.

[@adambutler3671]

I've been to all those places a few years back now watching this still brings tears to my eyes! Seeing these places with your own eyes not a KZbin video is beyond belief

[@williamnelson9332]

Same for me

[@williamnelson9332]

Have gone to s21 made me cry for all those lost people

[@gringodog111]

To much blurred out , I hate being treated like a child

[@maryannesmith1392]

For all that lost there lives, my heart goes out to them. So very very sad.

[@cttxmN]

Thumbs down for the blurring.

[@lauralee83]

Communism is bad . 😢 We've learned this many times throughout history.

[@FreeAssange556]

No. Its neo-liberalism thats bad. Look at the societal breakdown in the US. Poverty and crime ridden drug addled streets. China, on the other hand, is a thriving modern socialist success story. A billion people raised out of poverty. The decaying de-industrialised West has nothing to compete with it.

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

Democracy is failing. Witness the current world situation, facilitated courtesy of USA

[@elizabetheaton3882]

My mind can barely comprehend the hell this must have been. It's absolutely heartbreaking. So difficult and painful to remember.😲

[@sandrasupportsyou]

Why was this piece blurred so often? And why wasn't there an explanation? It looks like a 'mockumentary' rather than an highly researched and dependable source for horrific crimes against humanity. Please if you intend to "hide" something from the viewer explain why. We are adults choosing you as a source and want to rely on your coverage. Even more so that it is a historical event and reliable visuals can be found now.

[@keithdouglas9848]

It just amazes me that even pol pot was living in a village until recently and was never arrested or even murdered. Crazy ....

[@timothymf7638]

So very , very SAD , how can humans be so evil 😢. BT 🇨🇦

[@seriousmonkey5654]

No gods

[@garyt4983]

Money the root to all evil

[@pamelamugo9627]

Soo sad. May almighty God comfort the families who lost their loved ones 🙏

[@paulatreides0777]

Maybe if God was a bit more active these things wouldn’t happen he’s too chilled and needs to get back to smiting.

[@SR-pr2xz]

blurring makes it unwatchable

[@McIntyreBible]

It's always been my belief that the crimes done by the Khmer Rouge/P.Pot rivals that of the holocaust of WWII!

[@jordiking2481]

Bibi has outdone this in Gaza..

[@ronan8834]

Just like british genocides they out match even hitler

[@McIntyreBible]

@@jordiking2481 No, I don't think so. You're way off the mark guy!

[@theobamiumchronicles2838]

@@jordiking2481 Israel left Gaza in 2006. Gaza is In the hands of Hamas.

[@sting114]

30 % of the blames go to the Chinese for providing weapons to the Khmer Rouge. 30 % of the blames go to the US for bombing Cambodia which cause the rise of the Khmer Rouge. 30 % of the blames go to the king for not controlling the border and telling the people to join the Khmer Rouge. 10 % of the blames go to Lon nol for trusting Henry Kissinger and helping the CIA to overthrow the king . All of them causes the millions of deaths and suffering in Cambodia

[@nanasfigtree]

My heart goes out to the victims and their families who have to deal with the emotional aftermath of loss and devastation at the instruction of one madman. Side note however as this brought me to the comments section.. but this is the first time I’ve seen a 60 Minutes Australia video have the comment section open.

[@ianstephenson9471]

So sorry for you all. Rest in peace.

[@paulg3012]

Horrible times. Can you do a story on the fate of the Tasmanian native people who were almost driven into extinction by the European invaders?

[@michaeldavis8753]

Go away fool.

[@lastChang]

Chinese expansionism needs to be stopped. China 🇨🇳 has just built a railway from China to Laos, then extending it to Cambodia, where it has a naval base. - Chinese expansionism needs to be stopped.

[@FreeAssange556]

What an ignorant comment. China is not an imperialist country. They dont seek to expand, like the colonial powers of Europe did in the 19th century and the US has through the 20th up to the present, starting wars and causing trouble all over the place. The railways and other infrastructure projects are partnerships with various countries to improve the world. China builds, while the US destroys. Sure, it also benefits them economically, but its a win win situation. Ignorance, jealousy and paranoia informs minds such as yourself, and so you make what is positive negative.

[@KonradAdenauerJr]

Thank you for featuring this report, which made the case of Scott and Dean so much more vivid. Unfortunately, their odds of survival were minute: throughout its existence, S-21 had held a total of 15 000 inmates, but only seven survived. Roughly 80% of the inmates had been purged Khmer Rouge soldiers and cadres (many with innocent blood on their hands). One small correction, however: the Khmer Rouge never proclaimed a "Year Zero" (they used the Western calendar).

[@fangslaughter1198]

I can’t watch this with the blurring. Sorry

[@vanessam9251]

Then please listen to it. These scenes are blurred because they are too "graphic" for KZbin. If they are posted then the video will be taken down. These are REAL stories, REAL people experienced these things. Please give them the time they deserve to be heard.

[@ivareskesner2019]

​@@vanessam9251There are other documentaries right here on KZbin which manage to convey the message and do so by giving it the due diligence of actually showing its reality. This is pissweak, pardon my Sumerian. They didn't have to do this. It's insulting, it's patronising and it's weak.

[@ivareskesner2019]

Hear hear.

[@vanessam9251]

@@ivareskesner2019 I understand that but it still gets the message across. Better to speak about it than further repress it. Yes they can continue to show these scenes and KZbin can keep them up but it gets repressed from the algorithm unless it's something you're specifically looking for.

[@ivareskesner2019]

​@@vanessam9251​ You're right. It's better than nothing. It's just that it's a wasted opportunity as well. They could've done so much better without being pushed to the back of the queue by that pesky algorithm. Feels like they've played it way too safe. And, most importantly, it makes the video near unwatchable. Anyway. That was my little whinge. I hope you are having a nice Sunday, dear lady. All the best to you and yours.

[@swedishsteve5363]

Why is so much blurred?

[@byronmillanicia3384]

How can a person do so much harm!!! 😮😮😮

[@ep9203]

Why are these blurred?

[@user-yz9ye6xp7q]

In 1979 it was said about 750,000 to 800,000 dead in Cambodia. Now it's almost 2 million?

[@chrispoe8404]

KZbin censor won’t even show a 60 Minute episode, you KNOW who’s limiting free speech in America……KZbin! 😂

[@BeijingGenocideOlympic2022.]

My condolences to the families of 1.7 million Cambodians🇰🇭 who are genocide victims of the Khmer Rouge forces, a puppet of the Chinese🇨🇳 regime. Under Beijing's order, the "Killing Field" forces killed *one third of the Cambodian population.* The rest was saved by the invading Vietnamese forces in 1979. - Now the Cambodians become scammed victims of the Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea to futher its repressive regime.

[@georgeshamshon2351]

😅😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@abdulmoheymen1963]

what a load of shit pol pot learned communism in france not china

[@ricardo_cn]

Pol Pot was partially supported by the USA because of his anti-Soviet tendencies. Even after Pol Pot’s massacres were revealed, the US was one of the only countries to still support Pol Pot’s seat at the UN and in fact continued to support them at the UN even after they were toppled by Vietnam. "You should tell the Cambodians that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs but we won't let that stand in our way." - Henry Kissinger American historian Michael Haas, also corroborated by Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan, that the USA provided weaponry to the Cambodian government covertly by as much as $10 million annually, and the US continued supporting Pol Pot in exile.

[@orionxtc1119]

COMMUNISM is EVIL

[@shaiaheyes2c41]

​@@ricardo_cn Henry Kissinger was a KGB agent, he worked for the Soviets just as Pol Pot.

[@manchesterunitedakamrtread8317]

Where was the world at this time

[@proud4373]

China backed the Khmer Rouge regime was then, and China backed Hun Sen government is now. What's wrong with Cambodians? Will they ever learn?

[@austromyrtus]

At that time there was no separation of atheism and state in Cambodia. Wherever that happens, terrorism reigns.

[@RacerX1971]

Just pure evil incarnated

[@kathrynstewart-mcdonald]

Too much blur it is not effective in excess

[@user-yl7lm5hu8l]

What's the sense of showing this..if you're not showing it clearly...nonsense!

[@hollybug-76542]

What's with the blurred video?

[@vivianidelacerda9708]

The torturer must have been a sadistic monster...

[@gonefishing4204]

Why are the videos blurry?

[@Smudgeroon74]

Probably Pol Pot's best buddy..

[@BrEnDaNNNN_]

Pure evil….hard to comprehend

[@gitanoespana7694]

40 years in a Cambodian prison is probably worse than death 🤔

[@johncardenas2264]

This sucked just watching blurry footage

[@alexandercharehjoo7744]

The whole damn video is blurred.. That is not a documentary, it's radio broadcast!!

[@jameslaskowski2540]

Thailand just announced again they will continue to work WITH THIS GUY!

[@rosebarwick6150]

11:03 how can anyone be so cruel

[@mariemarie6489]

Sad!!😢🙏

[@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio]

Comrade Dork amirite?

[@IrishPhotoArchive1952]

Blurred Video is useless

[@Afrocow888]

60m KZbin reports are so old.

[@acmlsrtvxacmlsrtvx3059]

Why do you blow the footage again? You've managed to screw your story up by not telling the truth blurred footage doesn't tell you anything.

[@MinhTran-wn3xu]

40 years is not thing compared to what he had done to those victims, how can he got away with it so easily

[@stunna2305]

Funnily stalin is rarely used as an example.

[@jcmuyonjo]

I just can't comprehend this level of barbarism.

[@jessicawicker3582]

They used this area as a trial run, for future gains

[@factspoken9062]

There is Elephant in the Room...Elephant is murmuring "Mao Mao mao"

[@peter4Flags]

RIP

[@mrsgritoli1]

This is genocide. Only a very small number of people were spared. For Palestinian supporters to say that Israel is committing genocide is nothing compared to this horror. 2 million people killed by a communist madman all in the name of ideology. The affects of these horrible times are still felt today. May peace finally come to Cambodia 🙏☺

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

This was all orchestrated by the CIA. Israel dictates what America does. America funds the Palestinian Holocaust. Over two million Palestinians have been killed since 1948. 80 percent of Gazans are children. You need to get your facts straight.

[@bluddyrowdy8757]

@@alexandrasymeon5893 Absolute drivel and nonsense.. " orchestrated by the CIA ' do you mean Chinese Communists in Cambodia fark sake Hamas failed to spend funds from the UN on infrastructure like water and electricity - but its Americas Fault ??? Grow a Brain child.....

[@jorgecruzseda7551]

Cambodia went insane 😢

[@nathanielmasau5761]

Is it about Pol Pot or his comrades?

[@faysaldahir5254]

Did he said this mother f.... at 0:35

[@courtneyfawcett4685]

Crazy how you only leave the comments on with videos you know won't criticise your program. You are not media you are entertainment and should be ashamed of your program.

[@tombrennan7673]

Why is everything blurred out? I stopped watching because I don't care to watch videos when I cannot see what is happening

[@Crunt2167]

Pol Pot escaped justice.

[@HaiPham-yn8fm]

after Vietnam take over Cambodia he kill him self like Hitler did

[@giaphan-ts7vr]

@@HaiPham-yn8fm no, he died of heart failure many years later

[@jimk3487]

It is far worse than Nazis. The only difference is that in the West, you have ultra rich jews keep promoting tons of movies and documentries about holocaust annually. In the East, we chose not to remember the horrible past but not forget. Before that we have the WW2, Japanese.....

[@deidrekoehler2882]

Both are horrible!

[@karinhaland-kinnapel9219]

😱💔💔💔😭😭😭💔💔💔😱

[@Mark-dv5xw]

Evil is real.

[@SuzieQGirl]

🤯🤯🤯

[@nightnursetaiaotoi]

⚘ 😢

[@timothyknight2236]

I absolutely HATE the "out of focus" artistic video of this crap piece. Cant even see most of it......should have been a podcast.

[@H4rdh34d]

Meanwhile in GAZA.

[@cindygreenberg1368]

Did he say i was following orders!

[@ConfusedBird-em1ow]

Weather

[@trinityvttv]

...........60👁mins............

[@lynthongsirima103]

🎉🎉🎉

[@ibzkhalil1283]

Its sad the only reason this conviction was followed through with is coz they were "weterners" 🤷‍♂️

[@E_O_S_]

Khmer rouge was way worse then anything seen in Europe not even close

[@scottkrater2131]

Yes, the Khmer Rouge were bad, but amateur when compared to Nazi Germany. They turned murder into a for profit business. They even sold remnants of corpses. Never happened anywhere else.

[@ajmuss856]

Mets l c

[@K-th6zd]

I think cambodians are hindus majorly brahmins,reddys,gouds,lambadies etc. Police are also cooperating with the ethnic groups. Cambodia 🤔

[@user-sf8sy6xx9e]

is this a joke Australian soldiers committed atrocities in viat nam and Cambodia are they going to court

[@mattbaker337]

will it take 30 years to bring Netanyahu and his regime to justice?

[@bigmedge]

probably the most ret@rded & inaccurate comparison in history . One is self defense against a death cult , the other was an actual death cult

[@cedricliggins7528]

RIP Uncle Pol Pot

[@daneliasosa6077]

That’s possibility for the Adventist Christians to face in the future for keeping the sabbath and the rest of the commandments in order to keep the sabbath holy

[@alikaraerik9332]

This is no different to what Israel is doing to the Paliastinans

[@cshartley101]

Try not to be an idiot your entire life.

[@capricorn839]

There's a huge huge difference. Those palace members you mentioned are terrorist hamas in disguise.

[@paulryan287]

60 minutes, woke lefties

[@noalinalee9988]

I wish other news media would also talk about our county and also what Henry Kissinger did to millions of the innocent lives like how your news media is doing. Thank you all so much for bringing light to the world about my country we all appreciate 60 mins so much 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭❤️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭

[@lucasmalakas9554]

Blurd. Useless

[@badcommentbot8349]

The blurry video makes me feel like im having a seizure 😂

[@proud4373]

China backed the Khmer Rouge regime was then, and China backed Hun Sen government is now. What's wrong with Cambodians? Will they ever learn?

[@alexandrasymeon5893]

The CIA started the Holocaust in Cambodia. Just like in Rwanda.

[@vizaknov5157]

China love dictator and hun sen is the one