Mr. Beng Boeun

Mr. Beng Boeun, 75 or 76, stated that he was forced to leave Phnom Penh in 1975. Mr. Beng stated that he lost two of his brothers-in-law and sister-in-law. He described that in late 1978 he was assigned to grow vegetables and at one point base people cooked food for the new people and poisoned it. He stated that food was not sufficient but if they complained about it, they would be brought by the Khmer Rouge to be killed. Mr. Beng was questioned about the separation of the people based on ethnicity, and explained that he and his wife were put in the group of the Chinese Khmer based on the tone of his skin, accent and parents’ name.

• Witness acronym :
  2-TCCP-981
• Age at the time of testimony :
  76
• Appeared as :
  Civil Party
• Cases : Case 002,  Case 002/02, 
• Date(s) of testimony :
  Thu, 04/02/2015 - 07:00