WHETHER out of morbid fascination or to gain a deeper understanding of the
country's past, tourists to Cambodia continually visit the Khmer Rouge "Killing
Fields" and musuems documenting the suffering of hundreds of thousands under
the brutal regime. Here's a look at the darker side of Cambodia's tourism.
[Photo: Human remains are displayed in a memorial stupa on the grounds of the
Choeung Ek "killing fields".]
A man looks at photos of victims at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, also known
as the notorious security prison S-21.
Visitors look at a glass stupa memorial containing thousands of skulls and
human bones of people killed on the summit of Wat Phnom Sampeau in Cambodia's
Battambang Province.
Chum Manh, 78, one of the 14 Khmer Rouge prisoners who was survived the S-21
torture centre, shows how he was chained to former his cell at the Toul Sleng
genocide museum in Phnom Penh.
A tourist looks at a painting of a prisoner at Toul Sleng genocide museum
(formerly S-21 prison) in Phnom Penh.
A tree that was used to kill children is seen in Choeung Ek, one of the
"Killing Fields" sites located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
A tourist wipes her tears as she looks at human skulls of Khmer Rouge victims
on display at Choeung Ek, a "killing fields" site located on the outskirts of
Phnom Penh.
People look at portraits of Khmer Rouge victims at Toul Sleng genocide museum
in Phnom Penh.
Torture instruments on a bed frame are seen in a room once used as a torture
chamber by the Khmer Rouge at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh.
A visitor sits on bench after visiting torture rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide
Museum, also known as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21), in the centre of
Phnom Penh.
