He was given the broader policy to kill with impunity.
But then the motives for the killing were very personal to him.
And-and the Khmer Rouge the-
the killings- that's why 2 million people could- were killed.
Not out of pure policy, not at the direct direction
of Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan, the senior
Khmer Rouge leaders, but the senior Khmer Rouge leaders
are responsible in setting the policy where death was the norm.
And then the individuals on the ground, the leadership
at the village level, at the district level,
now have the authority to kill,
but with the motivations, not necessarily at the policy level
and not for policy reason, but for personal reasons.
And that's why we were taken to prison,
not because the leadership ordered our imprisonment,
but Lo had the authority based on personal envy, personal vendetta
im-imprisoning us,
and ultimately an- and at the execution of my mom.