The Cambodian government has has released full scale
tourism plans for a small village, Anlong Veng, some 70 miles away from
Angkor Watt, Cambodia’s most visited tourist attraction. Anlong
Veng, however is infamous as being Pol Pot’s last refuge. Plans
include opening a museum with video show, refurbishing houses belonging
to Pol Pot and a villa belonging to T Mok, once home to the one legged
commander nicknamed the Butcher who took over from Pol Pot. There are
plans to train some of the former Khmer Rouge as guides. The Ministry
of Tourism says that the project will be done in the “best possible
taste.” Relatives of the victims have criticised the plans because
Anlong Veng has religious significance because of the tremendous suffering
and tourism would cheapen the memory.