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Nuon Chea ( Khmer: នួន ជា; born Lao Kim Lorn; [1] 7 July 1926 – 4 August 2019), also known as Long Bunruot ( Khmer: ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន) or Rungloet Laodi ( រុងឡឺត ឡាវឌី Thai: รุ่งเลิศ เหล่าดี ), [4] was a Cambodian communist politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge.
Aug 5, 2019 · Nuon Chea was the highest ranking member of the Khmer Rouge to be found guilty of crimes at the UN-backed tribunal. While Pol Pot has gone down in history alongside...
Aug 4, 2019 · PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Nuon Chea, the most senior surviving member of the Khmer Rouge, who was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison, died on Sunday in...
Aug 4, 2019 · Nuon Chea, who was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity in 2018, was second only to Pol Pot in the regime that killed up to two million people in Cambodia. He refused to accept responsibility or show remorse for his role in the atrocities and died in hospital.
Aug 4, 2019 · Nuon Chea, a key leader in Cambodia's Khmer Rouge who was convicted of genocide last year, has died at the age of 93. Known as Brother Number Two, Nuon Chea was second...
Aug 5, 2019 · The chief ideologue of the Khmer Rouge, Nuon Chea, has died. He was the right-hand man to Pol Pot, who led a murderous regime in Cambodia in the late 1970s.
Aug 5, 2019 · Nuon Chea was known as Brother No. 2, the right-hand man of Pol Pot, the leader of the regime that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. The group’s fanatical efforts to realize a utopian society led to the death of some 1.7 million people — more than a quarter of the country’s population at the time — from starvation, disease, overwork and executions.
