Motorcycle Explorer September 2016 Issue 13 | Page 33

A Chankiri Tree or Killing
Tree was a tree in the
Cambodian Killing Fields
against which children and
infants were smashed
because their parents were
accused of crimes against
the Khmer Rouge. It was so
the children "wouldn't grow
up and take revenge for
their parents' deaths".
Some of the soldiers
laughed as they beat the
children against the trees.
Not to laugh could have
indicated sympathy, making
oneself a target.