New People (Cambodia)

Civilian Cambodians exploited by the Khmer Rouge

New People (Khmer: អ្នកផ្ញើ neak phnoe or អ្នកថ្មី neak thmei or អ្នក១៧មេសា, neak dap pram pii mesa, lit. 'April 17th people') were civilian Cambodians who were controlled and exploited by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia (officially then known as Democratic Kampuchea) from 1975 to 1979. Generally, anyone who was from an urban area was made a New Person and people from rural areas were made Old People (អ្នកចាស់ neak chas or អ្នកមូលដ្ឋាន neak moultanh).[1]

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 had 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]

## See also

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* Year Zero (political notion)
* Dehumanization
* Untermensch

## References

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1. ^ a b Staub, Ervin (1989), The Roots of Evil, Cambridge University Press, p. 192, ISBN 9780521422147.
2. ^ Crochet, Soizick (1997), Le Cambodge (in French), Paris: Karthala, p. 115, ISBN 2-86537-722-9, "à vous garder nul profit, à vous éliminer nulle perte".

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Cambodian genocide

Ideologies|

* Communism
* Marxism–Leninism
* New People
* Year Zero
* Khmer nationalism
* Stalinism

Crimes|

* Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau
* Killing Fields
* Ba Chúc massacre
* Thổ Chu Island massacre
* S-21
* Eastern Zone massacres
* Choeung Ek
* Dangrek genocide

Perpetrators|

* "Angkar"
* Pol Pot
* Nuon Chea
* Ieng Sary
* Khieu Samphan
* Son Sen
* Ta Mok
* Khmer Rouge
* Communist Party of Kampuchea
* Liberation Army of Kampuchea
* Santebal
* Kang Kek Iew
* Mam Nai
* Tang Sin Hean

Victims|

* Bun Chanmol
* Chau Seng
* Chou Chet
* Hu Nim
* John Dawson Dewhirst
* Joseph Chhmar Salas
* Keo Meas
* Kerry Hamill
* Koy Thuon
* Ly Theam Teng
* Michael S. Deeds
* Ney Sarann
* Non Suon
* Phouk Chhay
* Tauch Phoeun
* Trinh Hoanh
* Paul Tep Im Sotha
* So Phim
* Tiv Ol
* Vorn Vet

Survivors|

* Bou Meng
* Chum Mey
* Dith Pran
* Haing S. Ngor
* Kim Sathavy
* Mengly Jandy Quach
* Prum Manh
* Vann Nath

Investigations|

* People's Revolutionary Tribunal
* Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
* Documentation Center of Cambodia
* Bophana Center

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