Some foreigners were also arrested
Phnom Penh picture - & imprisoned. Although the vast majority of the victims were Cambodian, foreigners were also imprisoned, including Vietnamese, Laotians, Indians, Pakistanis, Britons, Americans, New Zealanders & Australians. Most non-Cambodians had been evacuated or expelled from the country in April 1975. The few who remained were seen as a security risk. The Western prisoners who passed through S-21 between April 1976 & December 1978 were picked up at sea by Khmer Rouge patrol boats. They included four Americans, three French, two Australians, a Briton & a New Zealander.