Security Regulations for Guests at Tuol Sleng
A poem and instructions written on the wall of Tuol Sleng internment centre, Phnom Penh.
No chatting
No laughing
No discussion
No answering back
No opinions
No theatre
No music
No poems
No Literature
No Religion
No priests
No doctors
No lawyers.
No study
No glasses
No football
No games
No playing
No running
No schools
No parents
No children
No brothers
No sisters
No house
No friendship
No flirting
No sex
No love.
No life
Instructions.
- You must answer according to my questions. Don’t turn them away.
- Don’t try to hide the facts by making pretexts about this and that. You are strictly prohibited to contradict me, contest me.
- Don’t be a fool, for you are a chap who dare to thwart the revolution.
- You must immediately answer my questions without wasting time to reflect.
- Don’t tell me either about your immoralities or the essence of the revolution.
- While getting lashes of electrification you must not cry at all.
- Do nothing. Sit still and wait for my orders. If there is no order, keep quiet. When I ask you to do something you must do it right away without protesting.
- Don’t make pretext about Kampuchea in order to hide your secret treachery.
- If you don’t follow all the above rules you will get many lashes of electric wire.
- If you disobey any point of my regulations you shall get either ten lashes or five shocks of electric discharge.
Published on:
February 28, 2010
