New People (Cambodia)

New People were civilian Cambodians who were controlled and exploited by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia from 1975–1979. Generally, anyone who was from an urban area was made a New Person and people from rural areas were made Old People.

New People were not allowed any property and they were forced to work at least 10 hours a day, and often more. Their food rations were so small they led to starvation. Disease was rampant and in 1976 it was estimated that 80% of the Cambodian population suffered from malaria.^[1]

One of the Khmer Rouge mottos, in reference to the New People, was "To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss."^[2]

References

^ The Roots of Evil By Ervin Staub^{[page needed]}
^ Soizick Crochet, Le Cambodge, Karthala, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-86537-722-9^{[page needed]}

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[1] The Roots of Evil By Ervin Staub^{[page needed]}

[2] Soizick Crochet, Le Cambodge, Karthala, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-86537-722-9^{[page needed]}

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