China has instrumentalised the UN, Interpol and Western law enforcement to hunt down and intimidate government critics living abroad, according to a new worldwide investigation led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. In a series of reports, the ICIJ sheds new light on China's long-running "transnational repression". One of its lead authors speaks to FRANCE 24 about their findings.

But first, amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, cross-border families are trapped in the fallout of the ensuing diplomatic tit-for-tat.

And as Vietnam marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon, we take a look back at the devastating war with the United States and at how the country has been transformed into a fast-growing free market economy under a Communist leadership.

In the aftermath of this week's deadly terror attack in Kashmir, relations between India and Pakistan have worsened. In this edition of Access Asia, the spokesperson for the opposition National Congress Party in India calls for unity, while acknowledging that the intent of the attack was to divide along religious lines. We also report on how the staunchly Catholic Philippines is grappling with the loss of Pope Francis.

On April 17,1975, a hardline Communist command led by Pol Pot swept into Phnom Penh and overthrew the US-backed military government of General Lon Nol. The Khmer Rouge went on to write the darkest chapter in Cambodia's history, committing one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. More than two million people were killed during their four-year rule, as they carried out mass killings and forced labour in their pursuit of radical ideologies.

FRANCE 24's Jennifer Ben Brahim looks at continuing efforts by Cambodians to rebuild the nation and how longtime ex-prime minister Hun Sen continues to wield influence.

Also, Chhengpor Aun of Cambodian think tank Future Forum speaks to Yuka Royer about how many survivors of the genocide have "forgiven, but never forgotten" the perpetrators of the atrocities, and about the challenges of passing on the lessons of history to the younger generation.

Plus, David Hutt from the Central European Institute of Asian Studies gives us his insight into how the legacy of the Khmer Rouge has been used for political purposes by the current regime.