Sight for war eyes: How a couple wed in Pol Pot's forced marriages came to long for each other's face

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated November 20 2017 - 6:13am, first published 6:08am
Phork Chan raises ducks at their home in Kampong Chhang province to help support her family while her husband Ngin??????s blindness meant he was unable to work.
The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Phork Chan raises ducks at their home in Kampong Chhang province to help support her family while her husband Ngin??????s blindness meant he was unable to work. The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Phork Chan raises ducks at their home in Kampong Chhang province to help support her family while her husband Ngin??????s blindness meant he was unable to work.The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Phork Chan raises ducks at their home in Kampong Chhang province to help support her family while her husband Ngin??????s blindness meant he was unable to work.The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Ngin Chan smiles after the 15 minute cataract surgery to restore his sight.
The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Ngin Chan smiles after the 15 minute cataract surgery to restore his sight. The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Ngin Chan holds the hand of his wife Phork and rejoices as he is able to see his love again for the first time in three years.
The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Ngin Chan holds the hand of his wife Phork and rejoices as he is able to see his love again for the first time in three years. The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Ngin Chin returns home with his wife, Phork, after his cataract surgery and sees his daughter Mom, 41, son-in-law Vy, 37, and grandsons (L) Kim Rin, seven, and (R) Kim Ry, six.
Ngin Chan with his wife, Chan Phork, daughter Mom (41), son-in-law Vy (37), and grandsons (L) Kim Rin (7) and (R) Kim Ry (6).
The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Ngin Chin returns home with his wife, Phork, after his cataract surgery and sees his daughter Mom, 41, son-in-law Vy, 37, and grandsons (L) Kim Rin, seven, and (R) Kim Ry, six. Ngin Chan with his wife, Chan Phork, daughter Mom (41), son-in-law Vy (37), and grandsons (L) Kim Rin (7) and (R) Kim Ry (6). The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Patient Ngin Chan had been blinded by cataract for three years before his surgery.
The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation
Patient Ngin Chan had been blinded by cataract for three years before his surgery. The Fred Hollows Foundation for Lindsay Murdoch??????s story from Cambodia.Photos: Mary Tran / The Fred Hollows Foundation

Kampong Chhnang???, Cambodia: Ngin Chan shuffled to a table adorned with flowers to mark his wedding, and saw his wife-to-be for the first time.

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