Who was victimized in the Cambodian genocide?

Answer 1

It seems that South Vietnam knew of the Khmer Rouge plot to return Cambodia to a peasant state, exterminating the educated and intellient in what became known as the killing fields. They eventually acted, after 4 years of Horror for the Cambodian people overthrowing the Khmer Rouge and leader Pol Pot. The real tragedy here is that there is little justice for the victims. Pol Pot died peacefully with no retribution whatsoever for his crimes. Below are the details.

TimeLocationPerpetratorsVictimsNumber of victims1975 to 1979CambodiaKhmer RougePublic1.7 to 2 million

This massacre of almost 25% of the population of Cambodia was perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge during the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) communist regime headed by the late Pol Pot. 2 Their goal was to forcibly convert Cambodia into a peasant state.

Intellectuals were particularly targeted. "The Cambodian genocide is unique, though, in that for many years it remained largely undocumented, and is only now being investigated for the purposes of bringing its perpetrators to justice." 3Tens of thousands of pages of records, over 10,000 photos, and other material are being systematically documented by specialists at Yale University, the Documentation Center of Cambodia, and the University of New South Wales. Included are maps showing the locations of more than 5,000 mass grave sites -- the "killing fields."

After a delay of almost three and a half decades, genocide trials began on 2009-FEB-17 with the trial of Kaing Kech leu, a.k.a. Duch. He headed the S-21 torture center in Tuoi Dlrnh during the 1970s. Between 1975 and 1979, about 17,000 men, women and children were sent to the interrogation center. Only 14 adults and 5 children survived. Four other trials will follow: Nuon Chea, Pol Pot's "Brother Number Two"; Ieng Sary, the Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister; his wife Ieng Thirith, who was Minister of Social Affairs; and Khieu Samphan, who served as President. 15 The Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot, died peacefully in 1998 without having been brought to justice.

Answer 2

the victims were the Cambodians and some Vietnamese people.