First They Killed My Father
Loung’s parents are questioned about what work they did before the takeover. Why do they lie and what were their real occupations?
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As her father was a part of the military elite. Loung Ung’s family is forced from their home and her parents must lie and say they are poor working-class people. Being connected with education or the former regime would have gotten them killed by the Khmer Rouge.