Panguva iyo Khmer Rouge yakatanga mwaka wavo wokusanaya kwemvura kuti vatore guta guru reCambodia rakakombwa musi wa1 Ndira 1975, Republic yakanga ichiri mumhirizhonga. Hupfumi hwakanga hwaparara, nzira yekufambisa yakanga yaderedzwa kusvika kumhepo nemvura, kukohwa mupunga kwakange kwaderedzwa nechikamu chimwe chete, uye kupihwa kwehove dzemvura yakachena (sosi huru yeprotein) kwakange kwadzikira zvakanyanya. Mutengo wezvikafu waive wakakwira zvakapetwa ka20 kupfuura zvaive pamberi pehondo uye kushaya basa kwaive kusati kwatoyerwa zvakare. Phnom Penh, iyo yaive nevanhu vepamberi pehondo vangangoita mazana matanhatu ezviuru, yakanyudzwa nevapoteri (avo vakaramba vachiyerera kubva kunodzivirirwa kunoramba kuchidonha), vachikura kusvika pakukura kwemamiriyoni maviri.
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