Dr. Ngor's family went into hiding shortly after the takeover, because after government officials and military personnel, anybody with an education was, literally, a target of the Khmer Rouge killers. In the first year of Communist rule 1.2 million Cambodians were killed.
共黨在高棉的殺戮行動，最初的對象是政府官員和將領軍官，後來很快波及到知識分子，最後連普通老百姓都難逃劫數。