What's on my mind?
Years ago I interviewed Sam Var, the gentleman who just passed on this past Saturday. I found that his story, although very sad, was inspiring.
Like many millions of Cambodian people, Sam lived through the hellish era of the Khmer Rouge regime until the end. But, the end of the Khmer Rouge torturing rules also marked the beginning of Sam's new suffering.
Sam was accused by the Vietnamese invading forces as an agent for the so-called Para Group--a name given to the illusive Cambodian ragtag operation at the Thai-Cambodian border.
During the interrogations the Cambodian soldiers, under Vietnamese soldiers' watch, placed plastic bag to suffocate him and hen struck him multiple of times with their riffle butt on his face and body. Sam suffered severe injuries to his face and internal organs, including his lung. This explains why Sam always had health problems relating to such a torture until the end of his life.
After managing to escape to Thailand; it was the Thai's turn. . The story went on...someone misinformed the Thai that Sam was the Vietnamese spy. Thai police tortured him and then locked him up in a small wooden cage like an animal..
There are more to his story than this brief note....
Here is some of his own words...toward the end of his journey in Thailand as well as his appeal to his Khmer compatriots.
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