Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumakore matatu okutanga ari pachigaro, vaKhmer Rouge havana kutaura zita raPol Pot uye vakaramba kuita kuti vanhu vamunamatire. Kushatisa ukama neVietnam kwakamanikidzira vaKhmer Rouge kusimbisa kunamatwa kwohunhu kwaPol Pot kuitira kuti agogona kuratidzirwa somutungamiriri wenguva yehondo uyo vanhu vaigona kuunganira. Mifananidzo yemifananidzo nemifananidzo yake zvakagadzirirwa kugoverwa kwevanhu vose, zvakafanana neizvo zvaMao Zedong; zvisinei,
Kupinda kweVietnam kwakavhiringidza zvirongwa izvi, asi chimiro chakaderera chechitendero chaPol Pot chomunhu chakapfuurira kuvapo munharaunda dzaiva pasi pokutonga kwezvakasara zveKhmer Rouge.