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Pol Pot formed a communist peasant farming society, which resulted in the disposal of approximately 25% of the population.
In 1962, Pol Pot became the leader of the Cambodian Communist Party. He was forced to flee to the jungle to escape the wrath of the Camdodian leader Prince Norodan Sihanouk. Who in 1970 joined forces with Pot, because he was outed by U.S. right-wing military coup.
The farms, now known as the killing fields were used for the mass murder of the minority groups of Cambodia. These included Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai people as well as the Cham Muslim and Christian peoples. These people suffered interrogation, torture, and execution.
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Although many Cambodian refugees fled the country after Vietnam cleared out the Khmer Rouge, many died because of their inability to escape during the reign of the KR Fleeing during the genocide was almost not an option due to the strict restrictions held by the KR as only 1,100 Cambodian refugees made it to the US during 1976 and only 300 arrived in 1977.
Over 500,000 Cambodians fled into Thailand and another 100,000 entered Vietnam. The United States soon began accepting a surplus of Cambodian refugees. In 1979, 6,000 Cambodian refugees entered the United States. A year later, 16,000 more refugees followed. In 1981 the largest amount of Cambodian refugees entered the United States, 27,100.
