Don't Excuse Hun Sen and Heng Samrin

From: The Washington Post | Date: November 29, 1989 | Copyright information

I was astonished by Post special correspondent Elizabeth Becker's article "Pol Pot Is the Real Killer" {op-ed, Nov. 5} in response to my op-ed {Oct. 30}. After all, it's my family and not hers. I was there and saw the bodies of Cambodians who were murdered by Hun Sen and Heng Samrin in Kompong Cham; Elizabeth Becker was not.

While in the Cambodian army, I served most of my time in the eastern zone of Cambodia, which was under the operational control of Heng Samrin and Hun Sen. Mili...

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