If somebody would tell us that the man in the picture above was a hero that saved a little girl from being killed......we would believe it. We would even look at his face with some admiration.....
If somebody would tell us that he was the initiator of a compassionate movement towards a minority group in south east Asia......we would believe it....
But, no. He is Kang Kek Iew, also known in the khmer rouge years as "Duch". He worked as a school mathematic's teacher, and became head of the the infamous Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh. During this time 17000 people were tortured and killed in that prison. Only six survived. In an interview in 2008*, he said "No answer (from the prisoners) spared them from death".....
This is something to reflect about. Without judging.....
(in the lower picture, Kang Kek Iew at the age of about 17)
*: interview by Valerio Pellizzari
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