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A family separation and countless encounters with death
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Vuthy Huot, deputy director for RFA’s Khmer language service, remembers how his parents waved goodbye to him when he was 13.
“I was very upset. That was the first time I was separated from the family,” Vuthy said recently from his office at Radio Free Asia’s Washington headquarters. “But my father tapped me on my shoulder and said, ‘Stay strong, we will come back and get you as soon as we settle down in Phnom Penh.’”
The first year under the Khmer Rouge was the most difficult. Vuthy was sent to work in the rice fields. There was a massive flood in the first wet season, and food was scarce.
👉 Read Vuthy's story here: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/15/cambodia-genocide-khmer-rouge-survivors-stories/
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#RFAKhmer #Cambodia #KhmerRouge #KhmerRepublic #FallOfPhnomPenh #VuthyHuot
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Vuthy Huot, deputy director for RFA’s Khmer language service, remembers how his parents waved goodbye to him when he was 13.
“I was very upset. That was the first time I was separated from the family,” Vuthy said recently from his office at Radio Free Asia’s Washington headquarters. “But my father tapped me on my shoulder and said, ‘Stay strong, we will come back and get you as soon as we settle down in Phnom Penh.’”
The first year under the Khmer Rouge was the most difficult. Vuthy was sent to work in the rice fields. There was a massive flood in the first wet season, and food was scarce.
👉 Read Vuthy's story here: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/15/cambodia-genocide-khmer-rouge-survivors-stories/
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#RFAKhmer #Cambodia #KhmerRouge #KhmerRepublic #FallOfPhnomPenh #VuthyHuot
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Khmer Rouge survivor recalls encounters with death
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Vuthy Huot, deputy director for RFA’s Khmer language service, looks back on life under the Khmer Rouge fifty years later.
In this video, he recalls the kindness of a woman he called Aunty Poh, who tore her skirt to make pants for him to shield him from leeches. He also describes the haunting sounds of people dying from hunger under the Khmer Rouge and his search for his family members.
👉 Read Vuthy's story here: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/15/cambodia-genocide-khmer-rouge-survivors-stories/
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#RFAKhmer #Cambodia #KhmerRouge #KhmerRepublic #FallOfPhnomPenh #VuthyHuot
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Vuthy Huot, deputy director for RFA’s Khmer language service, looks back on life under the Khmer Rouge fifty years later.
In this video, he recalls the kindness of a woman he called Aunty Poh, who tore her skirt to make pants for him to shield him from leeches. He also describes the haunting sounds of people dying from hunger under the Khmer Rouge and his search for his family members.
👉 Read Vuthy's story here: https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/15/cambodia-genocide-khmer-rouge-survivors-stories/
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#RFAKhmer #Cambodia #KhmerRouge #KhmerRepublic #FallOfPhnomPenh #VuthyHuot