Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mugumo mumwe chetewo wakawira kumapoka nemauto eCambodian akasara achakabata misoro yemapurovhinzi nemamwe maguta anokosha. Munyika yose, zviuru zvevarume nevakadzi veCambodia vakanga vasisina ushingi vakanga vabatwa vakapfeka yunifomu yechiuto - kubva kuvakuru kusvika kuvarwi, uye kunyange varwiwo zvavo, pasinei nokuti vakanga vaita mhosva ipi neipi yehondo kana kuti kwete - vakaunganidzwa nemapoka emagandanga eKhmer Rouge ndokupondwa. MuPhnom Penh nedzimwe nzvimbo, vamwe vakuru vakuru nevarume vakanyoresa vakapukunyuka kubatwa nokukurumidza nokuchinja kuva zvipfeko zvevanhuwo zvavo ndokuenda kunovanda. Nepo zviuru zvemauto eCambodian akazvipa zvaingopfurwa neboka revarwi uye miviri yavo yakaraswa mumakuva asina kudzika akacherwa mumasango, nhamba yakakura yavo yakatumirwa kuti 'idzidziswezve' mumisasa yebasa idzva (inonyatsozivikanwa se "Killing Fields") yakakurumidza kumisikidzwa neKhmer Rouge nguva pfupi mushure mekukunda kwavo, kwavakamanikidzwa kutsungirira misasa inotyisa yekugara uye yekushanda kudzamara vapera.
1978<unk>79 Hondo yeCambodia neVietnam. Vanhu vashoma chete veMasoja muna Kubvumbi-Chivabvu 1975 vakapukunyuka netsoka kana nemotokari kuyambuka muganho kuenda kuThailand, uko mukupera kwema1970 vaizopa vatsigiri vekutanga veanopesana neVietnamese Sihanoukist National Army (ANS) uye Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) mauto emagandanga.