Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Cambodia, Pnom Penh. This museum was once a high school but was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge communist regime in 1975-1979. Tuol Leng means Hills of the Poisonous Trees or Strychnine Hill.
The High School was once name Chao Ponhea Yat High School named after a Royal ancestor of King Norodon Sihanouk It was replaced as a prison after the Khmer Rouge won the civil war four month after August 1975. From 1975- 1979, an estimated number 20000 of prisoner which consist of people from Ethnic Vietnamese, Ethnic Thai, Ethnic Chinese, Ethnic Chams, Cambodian Christians and the Buddhist which has a Death Toll of 2.2million. Most of the prisoners were victims were from Lon Nol regime who is the Soldiers, Students, Doctors, Teachers, Factory Workers, Monks and Engineers.
(3 tombstone were located at the central square of the school)
This graveyard consists of 14 people that died during the war. One of them is a female. There are only 14 tombstones present at the museum because they were the last 14 people to be killed among the 20000 people who died. Their bodies were found by the United Front for the National Salvation of Kampuchea on January 7 1979.
(The bed that was used for tortured and how the prisoners is after the tortured)
Prisoners held in the large mass cells were collectively shackled to long pieces of iron bar. The shackles were fixed to alternating bars and the prisoners slept with their heads in opposite directions. They slept on the floor and was forbidden to talk to each other. The torture began at 4.30am when the prisoners were forced to strip for inspection. The prisoners only received four small spoonfuls of rice porridge and watery soup of leaves twice a day. Some pictorial examples of the horrendous torture techniques and tools can be seen on display as one walks through the rooms of S21.
(The tools that are used for torture)
(the map where the torture is involved at)
(The prisoner faces)
(the room of the prisoner before they were bought to the room)
(these are drawing on how they were being tortured)
With Reference to:
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum can be found at:
Phnom Penh city Kingdom of cambodia,
Sangkat Beoung Keng Kang III,
Khan Charmkarmorn, st 113.
You may contact the museum if any enquiries :
Email : toulslengmuseum@online.com.kh
Tel : (+855) 023 216 045
It is open EVERYDAY at 8 AM to 11 AM and 2:30PM to 5PM
The admission fees is US4.00
With Reference to:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum
- http://www.cambodia-travel.com/phnompenh/tuol-sleng.htm
- http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/Cambodia/Phnom_Penh-1194372/Things_To_Do-Phnom_Penh-Tuol_Sleng_Museum-BR-1.html
Done By: Kai Wen, Aida, Rahmah & Nurhidayah.
