Topic > Cambodian Genocide in Cambodia - 1218

International aid from the United States and other countries is often siphoned off by bureaucrats from their private accounts (worldwithoutgenocide.org). Pol Pot, the orchestrator of the genocide, died in 1998, and Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, two prominent Khmer Rouge leaders, were sentenced to life in prison in August 2014. However, the Cambodian people feel robbed of justice. Today, the Cambodian people rely on agriculture for sustenance and continue to produce one of Asia's poorest economies. There is little or no industrialization and communist forces are still present in the government. Most of the revenue comes from tourism and textiles, but it is nowhere near enough to counter the Pol's backward movements