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PHNOM PENH, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on
Monday appealed to the parliament to make a law to convict those who say
that the Democratic Kampuchea, or Khmer Rouge regime, had not executed
peoples during its rule from 1975 to 1979.
"I'd like to appeal to the lawmakers of the ruling Cambodian People's Party and Funcinpec Party to make a law, like in Europe, to punish someone who says that Cambodia had neither genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, nor Tuol Sleng prison and torture center," he said during the inauguration of new achievements at Langka pagoda in Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh's former Tuol Sleng prison was the main torture center during the regime, and around 14,000 people were killed at the center.
In February last year, the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) sentenced the ex-chief of Tuol Sleng prison Kaing Guek Eav to life in prison for overseeing the deaths.
"In Europe, someone says that Hitler had not killed peoples will be punished by law," Hun Sen said, referring to Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, who oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths during his rule from 1934 to 1945.
Hun Sen's appeal was made after Kem Sokha, vice president of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, has repeatedly and publicly said that the Khmer Rouge regime's Tuol Sleng prison and torture center was an "artificial killing place".
"The Vietnamese set up this place with pictures of the victims. If this place was truly Khmer Rouge, they would have demolished it before they left, not kept it as a museum to show tourists," Kem Sokha said in a speech on May 18 at the party's public forum in Prey Veng province.
"If the Khmer Rouge killed a lot of people, would they keep it to show to everyone?" said Sokha.
Hun Sen said that Kem Sokha's remarks were a serious insult to the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime.
On Saturday, survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime's Tuol Sleng prison held a press briefing inside the grounds of the former Tuol Sleng prison in order to demand Kem Sokha to apologize for his comments.
"It hurts me to hear Kem Sokha's remarks stating that Tuol Sleng prison was an artificial killing place," Chhum Mey, president of the Victims Association of Democratic Kampuchea and one of the survivors from the Tuol Sleng prison, said at the press briefing.
"His remarks insult people who lost lives at the prison and elsewhere in the country during the Khmer Rouge regime."
He warned to stage a mass protest against Kem Sokha if he does not apologize for his insulting expressions at the former Tuol Sleng prison.
"I'd like to appeal to the lawmakers of the ruling Cambodian People's Party and Funcinpec Party to make a law, like in Europe, to punish someone who says that Cambodia had neither genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, nor Tuol Sleng prison and torture center," he said during the inauguration of new achievements at Langka pagoda in Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh's former Tuol Sleng prison was the main torture center during the regime, and around 14,000 people were killed at the center.
In February last year, the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) sentenced the ex-chief of Tuol Sleng prison Kaing Guek Eav to life in prison for overseeing the deaths.
"In Europe, someone says that Hitler had not killed peoples will be punished by law," Hun Sen said, referring to Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, who oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths during his rule from 1934 to 1945.
Hun Sen's appeal was made after Kem Sokha, vice president of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, has repeatedly and publicly said that the Khmer Rouge regime's Tuol Sleng prison and torture center was an "artificial killing place".
"The Vietnamese set up this place with pictures of the victims. If this place was truly Khmer Rouge, they would have demolished it before they left, not kept it as a museum to show tourists," Kem Sokha said in a speech on May 18 at the party's public forum in Prey Veng province.
"If the Khmer Rouge killed a lot of people, would they keep it to show to everyone?" said Sokha.
Hun Sen said that Kem Sokha's remarks were a serious insult to the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime.
On Saturday, survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime's Tuol Sleng prison held a press briefing inside the grounds of the former Tuol Sleng prison in order to demand Kem Sokha to apologize for his comments.
"It hurts me to hear Kem Sokha's remarks stating that Tuol Sleng prison was an artificial killing place," Chhum Mey, president of the Victims Association of Democratic Kampuchea and one of the survivors from the Tuol Sleng prison, said at the press briefing.
"His remarks insult people who lost lives at the prison and elsewhere in the country during the Khmer Rouge regime."
He warned to stage a mass protest against Kem Sokha if he does not apologize for his insulting expressions at the former Tuol Sleng prison.
Editor:
Yang Yi
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