200 students from Hun Sen Kampong Por Pel high school, Pearang district, Prey Veng province participated in the outreach study tour organized by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on 18 October 2023 to learn about Cambodian history related with Democratic Kampuchea Regime.
The students were welcomed and presented by officials on the tragedy in Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Killing Field and the history in the Win-Win Memorial. In the Win-Win Memorial premise, the group was also presented by a Public Affairs Officer of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on the achievement of the ECCC obtained from the trials and the residual functions that the Chamber is currently conducting.
The teachers appreciated the Win-Win policy of the Royal Government of Cambodia, which led the country to bring peace and social stability. They also thank the ECCC for organizing the program so that youth could understand, visit the crime scenes left over from the Khmer Rouge regime and see the development in Phnom Penh today.
The weekly ECCC outreach study tour, coordinated and lead by the Public Affairs Section is conducted for students, young people, and the public seeks to raise awareness about the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime. AS more than 600,000 members of the national and international public have taken part in outreach study tours since 2009 until the present day, 2023, with the Public Affairs Section of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal coordinating them.
