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Khieu Ponnary (Khmer: ខៀវ ពណ្ណារី, 3 February 1920 – 1 July 2003) was the first wife of Pol Pot and served as Spouse of the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. She was also the sister of Khieu Thirith and sister-in-law to Ieng Sary .
Pol Pot's government held its early meetings in the Silver Pagoda, which later served as Pol Pot's home. On 20 April 1975, three days after Phnom Penh fell, Pol Pot secretly arrived in the abandoned city. [211] Along with other Khmer Rouge leaders, he based himself in the railway station, which was easy to defend. [212]
The tribunal began seven months after the overthrow of Khmer Rouge's Democratic Kampuchea and was staffed by both Cambodian and international lawyers. The tribunal was held at Phnom Penh's Chaktomuk Theatre and transcripts of the proceedings were made available in Khmer, French and English.
Meeting with Pol Pot (French: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot) is a 2024 drama film co-written and directed by Rithy Panh. [2] Starring Irène Jacob , Grégoire Colin and Cyril Gueï. [ 3 ] It is partially based on real events and on the book When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution by Elizabeth Becker .
He was known as "Brother Number Three", as he was third in command after Pol Pot and Nuon Chea. His wife, Ieng Thirith (née Khieu), served in the Khmer Rouge government as social affairs minister. Ieng Sary was arrested in 2007 and was charged with crimes against humanity but died of heart failure before the case against him could be brought ...
Pol Pot's wife, Khieu Ponnary, was head of the Association of Democratic Khmer Women and her younger sister, Khieu Thirith, served as minister of social action. These two women were considered among the half-dozen most powerful personalities in Democratic Kampuchea.
Eastern Zone massacres refers to killings perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge in the Eastern Region of Democratic Kampuchea in 1978 during the Cambodian genocide.They differ from the persecutions and killings of professionals, intellectuals, and ethnic minorities which the Khmer Rouge perpetrated in the rest of the country because the killings were result of a purge that occurred within the Khmer ...
Ieng Thirith (née Khieu; [1] Khmer: អៀង ធីរិទ្ធ; [2] 10 March 1932 [3] – 22 August 2015) was an influential intellectual and politician in the Khmer Rouge, although she was neither a member of the Khmer Rouge Standing Committee nor of the Central Committee. [4]