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233 INDEX Africans, 146 Aloha, Oregon, 155 Ang, Khiev (great-uncle; mother’s brother-in-law), 14–15, 41, 45, 46, 223n2 Ang, Norica (cousin), 223n2 Ang, Rasmi (cousin), 223n2 Angkar (ruling body of Khmer Rouge): control over people’s lives, 62, 64; “cross-training” efforts, 73; curfew, 60; dress code, 125; forced relocation, xvi; health care system, 75; ideology, 64–66, 114, 175, 203–204; purification process, 66; ushering in, 61; Youth Corps, 72. See also Khmer Rouge Angkar Leu (High Organization), 35, 50–51, 82, 83–84, 224n1 Angkor. See Cambodia Angkor City, Cambodia, 12 Angkor High School, 42–44 Angkor Period, 12 Angkor Wat, xvi, 3, 11, 12, 14, 28–38, 74, 195–196, 210 Anlong Veng, Cambodia, 114, 119 APSARA, 196 Arabs, 146 Aranyaprathet Refugee Camp, xvi, 136–141, 211 Arlington, Virginia, 145 ASEAN, 210 Australia, refugees to, 139 Bakong district, Cambodia, 3, 35 Bangkok, Thailand, 39, 41, 139, 140, 179, 184–185 Bangkok Post, 134, 135, 188 bartering, 63, 78, 70, 81 Battambang Province, Cambodia, 41, 57, 101, 108, 186 Beaverton, Oregon, xvi, 154–155 Beaverton High School, 155–157 Beijing, China, 20 Bend, Oregon, xiii, 163, 166, 167, 177–178 Big Brother and Big Sister Program, 196 Bingham, John, 160, 161 blackmail, as industry, 62 black market, 40 blindness at night, 4, 223n1 Bung Trobek concentration camp, 217 Buriram Provincial Prison, xvi, 132–136 Cambodia: chronology, xxiii–xxvi; civil war, 20, 22–27; context map, xv; deep northern jungle, 115–123; democratic election, 166, 179–182, 214; fall to Khmer Rouge, 46; Ho Chi Minh Trail, 19; independence from France, 6, 20, 52; middle-class survivors, ix, x; regime change, 18–19; taboo subjects, 131; U.N. development index, 210 Cambodian-American National Development Organization (CANDO), 179–182, 193–198 Cambodian Diaspora, 220 Cambodian Freedom Fighters, 137 Cambodian Orphanage Fund, 198 Cambodian Peace Walk, 185 Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), 187 Canada, refugees to, 139 CANDO. See Cambodian-American National Development Organization capitalism, 203, 206, 210 Cascades Pass, 177 casinos, 206 CBS News, 134, 137, 151, 162, 163 cease-fire, 28–38, 47, 49, 50 Chak, San, 156, 161, 163–164, 197 Chameau, Christine, 202, 203 Cham-Khmer, 181–182 chau prey (forest bandits), 101 Che, Him (Sa-Oum’s father), 56–61, 64, 66–67, 74, 87–94, 98 Che, Hak (Sa-Oum’s older sister), 98 Che, Sa-Oum (sister-in-law; wife of Serey Yim Sok): birth of child, 82, 84, 88, 89; family of professional fishermen, 73; forced march to Tapang, 69; massacre of family, 89–94; relocation, 64, 68; returns to Krobrey Riel, 56–61, 63; reunited with Serey’s family, 85–86; Tapang labor camp, 79–80, 82; wedding, 44–45 Che, Tim (Sa-Oum’s brother), 82, 100 Che, Wang (widow of Tim), 100–101, 105–106, 224n6 Chea, Yun (aunt), 136, 139, 152–157, 225n7 Chea, Noun (Brother Number Two), 201, 202, 203, 217 Page numbers in italics refer to figures. Chea, Peter, 179, 186 Chea, Sek (resistance leader), 101, 103, 105–106, 107–123, 124–141, 143, 152 Chea, Sim, 224n1 checkpoints, avoiding, 60, 142–151 Chen, Chun, 142–151, 160, 167 Chen, Cynthia, 145–151 Chen, Khen, Ang (cousin), 223n2: attends Ronnie’s wedding, 161; learns of Larony’s and Mealanie’s survival, 160; on addressing Ranariddh, 193; radio personality, 14, 41, 80, 145, 223n1; Ronnie’s life with, 142–151; sponsorship of Moeun and Doeum, 152; sponsorship of Ronnie, 137–138; visit from Ronnie and Thavy, 167 Chen, Samini, 145–151 Chhay, Ah (neighbor), 24–25 Chhay, Mak Ah (Ah Chhay’s mother), 25, 29, 31, 32, 34, 223n2 Chhay, Pa Ah (Ah Chhay’s father), 25 chhlob (spies), 72–73, 75–76, 78–80, 81, 101–102 Chhun, Potong, 180 childbirth, 224n1 Children of Cambodia’s Killing Fields (Pran), 167 China, 20, 39, 46, 166, 205, 216, 224n5 Chinese, ethnic, 3, 53 Christianity, conversion to, 161 Chroy Chongvar Bridge, 196–197 CIA, 20 Cochin China, 15 Collins, Peter, 132, 134 communism, 64–66, 203–204, 206 conscription, 22, 40 CPP. See Cambodian People’s Party crimes against humanity, 215–217 curfew, 54, 60, 109 currency, 42, 44, 54 dating customs, 48, 156, 158 DC CAM. See Documentation Center of Cambodia death penalty, 217 de Gaulle, Charles, 185 DeRapp, Tony, 179, 184 Deschutes National Forest (Oregon), 163, 165 diamonds, trading of, 36 diarrhea, 75 Din Daeng, Thailand, 124–127 Dindaeng Holding Center (Bangkok, Thailand), 139, 140 Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC CAM), 216...

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