(Written by Ty
Theavy)
During the war
time between Thailand and Cambodia in 1593, Siamese armies overcame the
Cambodian population and gathered the survivors together in this village. They
made them slaves and forced them to speak Thai; if didn’t do so they were
killed. The place where this happened to the Khmer villagers was at a plateau
village called Siem Krom, but long after the Siamese left this village’s name
was changed because the people hated its past. The name was changed to Toeuk La
Ork. This refers to heavy rainfall which makes the water in the ponds of this
village murky. Now this village draws only 65 families and they make a living
from of a small patch of land, growing food and fishing. In the Pol Pot regime
the people here were evacuated to another village in Butom Sakor district.
Majority of the citizens were brought to be killed in the elephant field
nearby. You can visit this village by boat in only 30 minutes from Chi Phat.
Now some part of the village’s land has been taken for sugar cane farming.
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