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Nuon Chea: Cambodian former Khmer Rouge deputy leader Tango Uniform
Known as Brother Number Two, Nuon Chea was second only to the regime's leader Pol Pot during Khmer Rouge rule over Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Up to two million people are thought to have died during the Khmer Rouge's four years in power. In 2018, a UN-backed court sentenced Nuon Chea to life in prison. A spokesman for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) confirmed that the 93-year-old had died in hospital. The cause of death was not announced. Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime 'I live next to my Khmer Rouge torturer' When the UN ran a country After seizing control of Cambodia in 1975, the Maoist Khmer Rouge attempted to force the country back to the Middle Ages. Millions died from starvation, disease, overwork and execution - almost a quarter of the population. Nuon Chea was one of the ideological architects of this Year Zero policy. Posted by: Besoeker 2019-08-05 |
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