Cambodia condemns Vice for edited photos of Khmer Rouge victims smiling
by Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5GFEQ)
Colourised images from Tuol Sleng prison during 1970s genocide were manipulated, media group says
Cambodia has condemned images published by Vice media group that featured victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide, colourised and with some apparently edited to add smiles to their faces.
The artist Matt Loughrey modified images taken at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where thousands of people were tortured and interrogated before they were sent on to the killing fields of Choeung Ek.
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