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Between 1970 and 1975, people fleeing the conflict between the Lon Nol regime and the Khmer Rouge forces flooded the capital of Cambodia. As a result, the population of Phnom Penh mushroomed to several million people. The Khmer Rouge forces entered Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975 and began the first phase of what they described as an ‘evacuation’ but what would later come to be termed as forced transfer. During this period, Phnom Penh was emptied of all its inhabitants. (…)

The forced evacuation of Phnom Penh and the subsequent forced transfer of the Cambodian population to specific zones has been the main focus of the ECCC’s second case. The history of these events will also form the basis of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and DC-Cam’s permanent exhibitions across five provincial museums.