250 high school students from HUN SEN Chak Angrae high school in Phnom Penh visited The Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) on 25 April 2019. The purpose of the visits is for understanding about ECCC legal processing as well as studying more on history of Democratic Kampuchea regime. After visiting at ECCC, all teachers continued to visit Killing Field and S-21.
250 high school Students in Phnom Penh Visited ECCC
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