Janet Vanniroth’s father, Hien Vanniroth, at Site Two refugee camp in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, 1982 (appx. 50 yrs old). He was a military physician during the Khmer Republic under Lon Nol, living in Oddar Meanchey Province. He was evacuated to the U.S. in April 1975 and lived in Long Beach, CA, where he worked in the coroner’s office until 1982 when he joined Prince Sihanouk’s FUNCIPEC party at Site Two. He returned to Phnom Penh when Cambodia reopened and was appointed Minister of Culture and Religion probably in 1993. He died in Phnom Penh in 2004.
