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Known as Pu Veasna, full name “Khem Veasna”. He was born on December 11, 1965, in Peanea village, Kdueng Reay commune, kanh chreak district, Prey Veng Province, to a farmers family with two children, one son and one daughter. His father was Khem Huot, a dentist. His mother was Sek Heng, also a dentist. When Veasna was eight years old, one night he asked his mother "Mom, Will you die when you're old?" His mother looked at him and said "Yes, I will." so "Where will you be waiting for me?" then Veasna slept and cried for a night.[4] His father died when he was 6 years old before the time of the Pol Pot regime. His mother died just 8 years ago. Khem Veasna's childhood coincides almost entirely with two eras: the first was the time of foreign invasion (1970-1975), and the second was the genocidal regime or the Angkar ( Khmer Rouge Regime), which was backed by foreign countries (1975-1979).

The Pol Pot regime fell in 1979, at the time Khem Veasna was 12 years old. Once a second garde pupil during the Lon Nol regime, he enrolled again in the same grade in 1981, after which he skipped to study in grade four, and later skipped again to study in grade seven, then finishing his secondary education ( Bacc II) in grade ten, having spent seven years as a pupil. Khem Veasna became a student of the Cinema Department of the Ministry of Propaganda and Information in 1986. Throughout his academic studies, he was a bright and outstanding student. At the first, he studied Camera Repairing and Maintenance, spending four years learning the discipline. Later, he worked for the Cinema Department for two years as a professional writer and film director. At that time, the school had no degrees for its graduates.More info : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khem_Veasna