The Cambodian Genocide all started an April 17, 1975. This is when the Khmer Rouge captured the Cambodian Government. The Khmer Rouge were led by Pol Pot. As soon as they captured Cambodia, they immediately started sending people to labor camps. They sent anyone from a doctor, teacher, rich person, the educated, and many more high classed people. The camps were rough, and many starved to death. Starvation was killing enough people that the Khmer Rouge didn’t feel a need to execute anyone. That was until the camps started to get overcrowded. The Khmer Rouge killed anyone that was weak and could not work, anyone that opposed them, and all babies. Many people were taken to “killing fields” to be killed, and were buried in mass graves. “Child
