He wanted to prove the cynics wrong. He did not just go on a holiday and wanted to show his trip was useful to the people.
The next day, he met the boss for a hush-hush meeting and the only words that were heard were: “Just give an old government building. I will not take a single sen from the government.”
So as to emphasise his plans, he asked: “If Poland can have Auschwitz and Cambodia can have the Choeung Ek, why can’t we have a monument to remember the country’s dark days?”..