Choeung Ek Genocidal Center | PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA | Part 1

Choeung Ek (Khmer: ជើងឯក, Cheung Êk [cəːŋ ʔaek]) is the site of a former orchard and mass grave of victims of the Khmer Rouge who were killed between 1975 and 1979 in Dangkao Section, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is also known as the Killing Fields, where the Khmer Rouge regime executed over 1 million people during 1975 to 1979. Mass graves containing 8,895 bodies were discovered at Choeung Ek after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Choeung Ek is a memorial, marked by a Buddhist stupa today. The stupa has acrylic glass sides and is filled with more than 5,000 human skulls. Some of the lower levels are opened during the day so that the skulls can be seen directly. Cambodian government encouraged tourists to visit Choeung Ek. Apart from the stupa, there are pits from which the bodies were exhumed and human bones still exist in the site. The Municipality of Phnom Penh had entered into a 30-year agreement with JC Royal Co. in May 2005 to develop the memorial at Choeung Ek.

Address: ផ្លូវជើងឯក, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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