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Meet the Only Physician Who Escaped a Khmer Rouge Death Camp

A doctor who witnessed the genocide of the Cambodian people tells his story to Epoch Times.
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Meet the Only Physician Who Escaped a Khmer Rouge Death Camp
Khmer Rouge survivor Nal Oum in New York on Jan. 23, 2015. Oum was a former executive director of one of Cambodia's main hospitals before the Khmer Rouge took over. Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times
Joshua Philipp
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Nal Oum said he will never forget the day the Khmer Rouge took the capital. He was one of just over 400 physicians in Cambodia, and had stayed despite the conflagration engulfing his country, with a belief that medical doctors would always be neutral and would work to save any life—regardless of politics, race, or creed.

He understands now he was wrong. He, like many others, didn’t believe that humans were capable of such evil.

Joshua Philipp
Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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