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Sophal Leng Stagg

Sophal Leng Stagg was nine years old when she and her family were forced to leave their home in Phnom Penh in April 1975, joining the millions of Cambodians who were devastated by the Khmer Rouge.

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It is for this reason that she relates the details of her experiences during the four years that she and her family lived under the oppression imposed by this brutal regime.

Today, Sophal and her husband, Bill Stagg, run the Southeast Asian Children’s Mercy Fund, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to raising awareness of the genocide as well as collecting much needed funds for children in Cambodia.

As Sophal says, ‘I am determined to tell our story. I believe our story must be told by all survivors, again and again, to prevent a repeat of the inhumanities that existed during Cambodia’s darkest years.’

Sophal’s husband Bill Stagg adds the following words: ‘The Cambodian holocaust, while well documented in such treatments as the movie The Killing Sophal Leng Stagg - Biography - IMDb DAWO