ANLONG VENG, Cambodia - Iye anali m'modzi mwa anthu opha anthu ambiri m'zaka za zana la 20, koma izi sizimalepheretsa anthu omwe ali ndi chiyembekezo kuti apemphere pamanda a Pol Pot omwe ali m'mphepete mwa phiri kuti apeze manambala a lotale, kukwezedwa ntchito ndi akwatibwi okongola.
Komanso sikuletsa alendo kuti asachotse mafupa ndi phulusa pamanda a mtsogoleri wa Khmer Rouge m'tauni yakutali kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Cambodia.
Mandawo ali m'gulu la malo opha anthu a Khmer Rouge ku Anlong Veng, komwe zigawenga zagululi zidapanga kaimidwe komaliza mu 1998 pomwe Pol Pot anali atamwalira. Dongosolo lalikulu la $ 1 miliyoni la zokopa alendo likumalizidwa kuti ateteze ndi kuteteza 15 mwa malowa, ndikulipiritsa kuvomereza.
Kuphatikizidwa paulendowu kudzakhala nyumba ndi zobisala za atsogoleri a Khmer Rouge, malo ophera anthu komanso malo ogwirizana ndi Ta Mok, wamkulu wankhanza komanso bwana womaliza wa Anlong Veng.
"Anthu akufuna kuwona linga lomaliza la Khmer Rouge ndi malo omwe adachita nkhanza," akutero Seang Sokheng, yemwe amayang'anira ofesi ya zokopa alendo komanso msilikali wakale wa Khmer Rouge.
Anlong Veng, akuti, tsopano amalandira alendo pafupifupi 2,000 a ku Cambodian ndi 60 mwezi uliwonse - chiwerengero chomwe chiyenera kudumpha pamene casino imamangidwa ndi tycoons ochokera ku Thailand pafupi. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ikupezekanso, motsogozedwa ndi Nhem En, wojambula wamkulu wa malo ozunza a Khmer Rouge's S-21 ku Phnom Penh, malo okopa alendo kwazaka zambiri.
“Pali malo osungiramo zinthu zakale ofotokoza za Nkhondo Yadziko II ku Ulaya ndipo anthu akadali ndi chidwi ndi Hitler. Bwanji osanena za mmodzi wa atsogoleri otchuka kwambiri padziko lapansi?” akutero Nhem En, yemwe tsopano ndi wachiwiri kwa wamkulu wa chigawo cha Anlong Veng. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakaleyi iphatikiza zithunzi zake zambiri komanso munda wa mpunga kuti awonetse alendo momwe anthu adakhalira akapolo pansi pamfuti za Khmer Rouge mkati mwa zaka za m'ma 1970.
Monga pafupifupi aliyense pano, akuti sanachite nawo nkhanzazi koma amadzudzula atsogoleri apamwamba.
“Pol Pot anawotchedwa kuno. Chonde thandizani kusungitsa malo a mbiri yakale,” chimaŵerenga chikwangwani pafupi ndi chitunda chodulidwa ndi mabotolo okhomeredwa pansi ndi otetezedwa ndi denga la dzimbiri ndi malata. Maluwa ochepa omwe akufota amamera pafupi ndi manda osatetezedwa, omwe akuluakulu akudandaula kuti matupi a Pol Pot adawotchedwa ndi alendo ochokera kumayiko ena.
“Anthu amabwera kuno, makamaka pa masiku opatulika, chifukwa amakhulupirira kuti mzimu wa Pol Pot ndi wamphamvu,” anatero Tith Ponlok, yemwe anali mlonda wa mtsogoleriyo ndipo amakhala pafupi ndi malo amene anaika malirowo.
Anthu aku Cambodia mderali, akuti, apambana ma lottery achilendo, zomwe zidapangitsa Thais kudutsa malire ndikuchonderera Pol Pot kuti aulule manambala opambana m'maloto awo. Akuluakulu aboma a Phnom Penh ndi enanso amapita kuulendowu, kupempha mzimu wake kuti ukwaniritse zofuna zosiyanasiyana.
