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Kwemakore okuma1970 kwakaunza mauto eKhmer Rouge munharaunda yacho. Paaiva nemakore gumi, muna 1978, mhuri yake yakatiza. Apo rwendo rwakatanga, Lê akaperekedzwa nevanun'una vake vatanhatu namai vake. Zvisinei, nepo Lê ane makore gumi okukura akakwanisa kupinda muchikepe naamai vake, vamwe vomumhuri make havana kuva nomufaro wakadaro. Mubvunzurudzo yakabudiswa mukatalog yeimwe yemitambo yake, akayeuka nhau yokupukunyuka. Kwakanga kuri "kumhanyira rusununguko kwakapararira", uye iye akataura kuti iye "[haana] kumbobvira akanganwa chitarisiko chomucheto chaamai vake sezvavakatsvaka pamhenderekedzo yegungwa... nokuda kwezviratidzo zvavanakomana vavo vakuru nomwanasikana". Pashure pokugara kwenguva pfupi muThailand, mhuri yacho yakazotamira mhiri kwegungwa ndokugara muLos Angeles.