`` On one hand , the ideology , and on the other , the lived experience . '' Francois Ponchaud was sent to do missionary work in Cambodia in 1965 . He had been a priest for 20 years and he wanted to help the people of Cambodia. Ponchaud kept a dossier of refugee accounts and radio transmissions . His articles and book helped expose the Khmer Rouge 's brutal totalitarian regime .
Francois Ponchaud was sent to do missionary work in Cambodia in 1965 . He had been a priest for 20 years and he wanted to help the people of Cambodia. Ponchaud kept a dossier of refugee accounts and radio transmissions . His articles and book helped expose the Khmer Rouge 's brutal totalitarian regime .