Sunday, 16 November 2008

Former Swedish communist Gunnar Bergstrom who sympathized with the Khmer Rouge regime

Gunnar Bergstrom, right, a former Swedish leftist who sympathized with the Khmer Rouge regime, talks to journalists upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. The 57-year-old, who visited this country in 1978 as a guest of the Khmer Rouge regime, returned to Cambodia on Sunday for the first time in 30 years, to donate his archives from the trip and publish a photo book recounting the journey.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

In this photo released by Linda Bergstrom, former Swedish communist Gunnar Bergstrom who sympathized with the Khmer Rouge regime, sits in a cafe in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 5, 2007. During his visit to Cambodia in 1978 at the invitation of the Khmer Rouge regime, Bergstrom supported the late dictator Pol Pot's denial of international accusations that the Khmer Rouge was committing atrocities against the Cambodian people under its 1975-79 rule. Bergstrom now apologizes to the Cambodians for his past misjudgment and support of the Khmer Rouge propaganda as he prepares to visit Cambodia for the second time in 30 years.(AP Photo/Courtesy of Linda Bergstrom)

Gunnar Bergstrom, right, a former Swedish communist who sympathized with the Khmer Rouge regime enters a van upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. The 57-year-old, who visited this country in 1978 as a guest of the Khmer Rouge regime, returned to Cambodia on Sunday for the first time in 30 years, to donate his archives from the trip and publish a photo book recounting the journey.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Gunnar Bergstrom, left, a former Swedish communist who sympathized with the Khmer Rouge regime, talks to journalists upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. The 57-year-old, who visited this country in 1978 as a guest of the Khmer Rouge regime, returned to Cambodia on Sunday for the first time in 30 years, to donate his archives from the trip and publish a photo book recounting the journey.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

In this photo released by Hedda Ekerwald, Gunnar Bergstrom, a former Swedish communist, in white shirt, meets with Cambodian villagers during his visit to Cambodia at the invitation of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1978. Bergstrom supported the late dictator Pol Pot's denial of international accusations that the Khmer Rouge regime was committing atrocities against the Cambodian people during its 1975-79 rule. Bergstrom now apologizes to the Cambodians for his past misjudgment and support of the Khmer Rouge propaganda as he prepares to visit Cambodia for the second time in 30 years.(AP Photo/Courtesy of Hedda Ekerwald)

In this photo released by Hedda Ekerwald, Gunnar Bergstrom, a former Swedish communist, posesfor a picture at an abandoned market in Kampong Cham province in eastern Cambodia during a visit at the invitation of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1978. Bergstrom supported the late dictator Pol Pot's denial of international accusations that the Khmer Rouge regime was committing atrocities against the Cambodian people during its 1975-79 rule. Bergstrom now apologizes to the Cambodians for his past misjudgment and support of the Khmer Rouge propaganda as he prepares to visit Cambodia for the second time in 30 years.(AP Photo/Courtesy of Hedda Ekerwald)

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