‘Cambodians perish’
(N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) LONDON, June 16. Tens of thousands of dambodians have perished, some of starvation, and others by execution, under the new regime there, the “Daily Telegraph” said today. “Reliable reports indicate that Cambodia is now in the midst of what may prove to be one of the most profound human tragedies in recent times,’’ the newspaper said. The dispatch was datelined Bangkok, and quoted Western diplomats as saying: “Tens of thousands have already died, and are continuing to die, as the doctrinaire Khmer Rouge victors ruthlessly pursue their goal of establishing the only true peasants’ revolution in South-East Asia. “The old and the infirm have died as they have been forced at gunpoint from the towns into the countryside by the Khmer Rouge,” the ("Daily Telegraph” said. I adding: I “Many more have perished jas a result of starvation, for ■ the millions who have been pushed out of the towns are competing one against the other for anything they can lay their hands on to eat. i “Cholera, widespread beifore the Communist takepver, has now reached (epidemic proportions as medical services have ■ collapsed.
“The country has virtually ground to a halt.” -
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33873, 19 June 1975, Page 8
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