Khmer Hot News | Sam Rainsy |13/08/2015/#9| masses - were alienated upon their renew Cambodia, further fuelling their radical thought.[18] However, it is important to note that Vickery downplays the importance of personalities in explaining the DK phenomenon, noting that DK leaders were never considered evil by prewar contemporaries. Nonetheless this view is challenged by some including Rithy Phan who – after interviewing Duch, the head of Tuol Sleng – Khmer News | Cambodia News | RFA, Khmer Krom, CNRP