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Cambodia set May 20 as National Day of Remembrance

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen issued sub-decree No.19, dated February 14, 2018, setting May 20 as “National Day of Remembrance”, local media reported.
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodian Prime MinisterSamdech Hun Sen issued sub-decree No.19, dated February 14, 2018, setting May20 as “National Day of Remembrance”, local media reported.

May 20 will be the day to commemorate victims of thegenocidal Khmer Rouge regime that ruled the country between April 17, 1975 andJanuary 6, 1979, said Cambodia-based e-newspaper Fresh News.

According to the sub-decree, the National Day ofRemembrance is also set as a public holiday, giving all citizens theopportunity to organize their religious and traditional ceremonies.

It aims to help lessen suffering of the victims and theirfamilies and improve public awareness of the brutality of the regime so thecountry will never repeat mistakes of the past.

More than 2 million Cambodian people, or two fifths ofthe country’s population, were killed in more than three years under the KhmerRouge regime.

In such chaos, the Kampuchea United Front for NationalSalvation was founded in Snuol district, Kratie province, on December 2, 1978to unite and mobilise Cambodian people to overthrow the Khmer Rouge. Withsupport of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers, it made a historic victory over theregime on January 7, 1979, bringing peace, freedom and prosperity to theCambodian people.-VNA
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