By using horrific torture methods, Phnom Penh picture - the interrogators were able to extract the names of other educated people, & those people, including their entire families (including the elderly & babies) were hunted down & killed. Entire families were wiped out in fear that one "bad apple" could taint the whole bunch. The torture system was designed to make prisoners confess to whatever crimes they were charged with by their captors. The vast majority of prisoners were innocent of the charges against them & their confessions were extracted through torture.
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the interrogators were able to extract the names of other educated people, & those people, including their entire families (including the elderly & babies) were hunted down & killed. Entire families were wiped out in fear that one "bad apple" could taint the whole bunch. The torture system was designed to make prisoners confess to whatever crimes they were charged with by their captors. The vast majority of prisoners were innocent of the charges against them & their confessions were extracted through torture.