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FORENSICS
2003-Present
Based on existing mapping
data, a team of three North American research and forensics experts
and DC-Cam’s
mapping
team conducted a detailed reconnaissance of mass graves and memorials
in
Cambodia to identify sites for a full-scale forensic exhumation. They
also excavated and preserved a representative sample of human skeletal
remains in and around Phnom Penh (Tuol Sleng, Cheung Ek) and several
provinces (Kandal, Takeo, Kampong Cham, Kampong Speu, Kampong Chhnang
and Prey Veng). This work was conducted to shed light on the ways in
which individuals were killed or otherwise abused during the DK
regime.
One of the North American
experts hired for the project (Dr. Michael Pollenen, FRCPC medical
director and forensic pathologist of the Office of the Chief Coroner,
Ontario, and associate professor of pathology, University of Toronto)
was to complete a monograph on forensic findings and crimes against
humanity in Cambodia. We have now closed this project, but hope that
Dr. Pollenen will eventually produce the promised report. (To view the
interim reports,
click
here.)
In 2004, we mounted a
forensic exhibition
of
human skeletal remains at the
Tuol Sleng Museum and produced a project report on undisturbed graves
in two Cambodian villages.
In 2006, we shared
our forensic experience which included the use of GPS, identifying
mass graves and interviewing relevant informants in the field with
twelve local police officers.
Contact:
Pheng Pong Rasy,
pongrasy@yahoo.com
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