Clip from Interview with Chhunny Sok
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Description
An excerpt from a video interview with Chhunny Sok, part of the Cambodian American Community of Oregon's oral history project documenting the experiences of survivors of the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979.
Interview by Melissa and Kimberly Im, 31 May 2009.
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Subjects
Oral histories, Cambodia -- Politics and government -- 1975-1979, Political atrocities -- Cambodia
Publication Date
5-31-2009
Disciplines
Asian History | Social History
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12689
Recommended Citation
Im, Kimberly and Im, Melissa, "Clip from Interview with Chhunny Sok" (2009). Oral History Interviews. 5.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12689
Comments
Chhunny Sok
Interviewed by Melissa and Kimberly Im, 31 May 2009
Transcribed by Patricia Schechter, 3 September 2014
Clip: 10:52-12:25
So how long did you get to stay with your family in your home?
I got to stay for a little bit. I was so, so happy. It was like, “Oh, my God! I get to stay with my mom and dad!” Then later, I went to work in the day time and came home at night but we had to have …we didn’t get to cook ourselves we had to eat at the…they had the old place to make food for us. We only owned a spoon and a bowl.
Eat at the Angkar?
Yeah, the Angkar. They guard us. Food for everybody. They eat. But then I was happy. And then one day, one evening, two soldiers came. Two soldiers with a gun. They came to my house and said, “I want her.” He pointed at me. He told my dad, “I want her.” And my dad said, “Why do you want to take her?” He said, “It’s not your daughter. It’s Angkar’s daughter.” And: “It’s none of your business.” He had two guns pointing at my dad. And they said, “We are taking her.” And then I started packing. And I was so scared. That’s the worst thing that happened to me. Because you know, you don’t know where you are going. And you don’t have a future. You know, “where are you going?” Because you know I didn’t want him to kill my mom or dad. So I went with him.
Did you know that they were killing people at this point?
They started killing people after that.