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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 .
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]
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]
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 ...
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.
An estimated 1.7 million Cambodians died during the rule of the Khmer Rouge, a radical communist movement which was led by Pol Pot. The victims included Thet Sambath's mother, father and brother. He says he did not understand why the Khmer Rouge unleashed such violence on their compatriots.
Pol Pot (ポル・ポト, Poru Poto) Plays alongside Chairman Mao in the match against Koizumi in the anime-original story. Can be influenced by Mao to give him the tile he wants. In the manga, he plays the second round after Guzmán and can control slime molds from the Cambodian jungles to camouflage mahjong tiles. Sengoku (センゴク)
The two statues of Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm were seriously damaged as they were blown up by the Khmers rouges troops of Pol Pot: [6] it was an attempt to rid the people of Siem Reap from what they considered as superstition, according to Tep Vong, [7] who lamented "the destruction of two bronze statues [...] carved by our forefathers ...