(07 Jan 10 - RV) Today, Cambodia is celebrating 31 years since the overthrow of the
brutal Khmer Rouge regime by invading Vietnamese forces.
A U.N.-backed
genocide tribunal is currently seeking justice for an estimated 1.7 million people
who died from execution, overwork, disease and malnutrition as a result of the regime's
policies during its 4 year rule.
The director of Jesuit Refugee Service
in Cambodia, Sr Denise Coghlan, says that the moral effects of the regime are still
present in Cambodian society today: