Deacon of Death
A look at a woman in search for justice in today’s Cambodia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x97A0NYAJ8o
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A Cambodian woman confronts the man whom she holds responsible for the death of her family and other villagers under Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime when she was a child.
The man has never been brought to trial and still lives in the same village. Once again he holds a prominent position, working at a pagoda as a healer and ‘Deacon of Death’, or leader of cremation ceremonies.
She decides to collect evidence against him. He must stand trial.
Deacon of Death can be seen on Sunday, September 6 at the following times GMT: Sunday: 1400; Monday: 0600 and 1900; Tuesday: 0300.