Chams
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Oct 19, 2026
Ben KiernanGUEST
Khmer being the, uh, the Cambodian m-majority.
Ben KiernanGUEST
There were Muslims who were known as Chams, uh, as, uh, the Cham ethnic group, and there were ethnic Vietnamese, and there were a number of other minorities, Thai, ethnic Chinese.
Ben KiernanGUEST
There were about, uh, half a million ethnic Chinese in Cambodia.
Ben KiernanGUEST
Half of those died in the Khmer Rouge less than four years.
Ben KiernanGUEST
And the Cham population, their numbers about 40% or slightly under 40% died.
Ben KiernanGUEST
That's about double the population who died of the Khmer majority or of the national population of 21%.
Ben KiernanGUEST
Twice as many Chams proportionally were... died or were killed, and that's because they were singled out as minorities, as non-Khmer ethnicities.
Ben KiernanGUEST
The same for the ethnic Vietnamese.
Ben KiernanGUEST
Half of those died in the Khmer Rouge less than four years.
Ben KiernanGUEST
And the Cham population, their numbers about 40% or slightly under 40% died.
Ben KiernanGUEST
That's about double the population who died of the Khmer majority or of the national population of 21%.
Ben KiernanGUEST
Twice as many Chams proportionally died.
Ben KiernanGUEST
were died or were killed.
Ben KiernanGUEST
And that's because they were singled out as minorities, as non Khmer ethnicities.
Ben KiernanGUEST
The same for the ethnic Vietnamese.
Ben KiernanGUEST
They suffered genocide like the Chams did because they were singled out.