Ieng Thirith, Khmer Rouge Minister in Cambodia, Dies at 83
Ms. Ieng Thirith, the most powerful woman in a brutal regime and Pol Pot’s sister-in-law, was found unfit for trial in 2012 because of dementia.
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Sunday, August 23, 2015
Ieng Thirith, Khmer Rouge Minister in Cambodia, Dies at 83
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Pol Pot"s Sister-In-Law, Indicted for Genocide in Cambodia, Dies
Pol Pot’s Sister-In-Law, Indicted for Genocide in Cambodia, Dies
Ieng Thirith, the sister-in-law of Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, died on Saturday, nearly five years after she was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, Cambodia’s U.N.-backed war crimes court said.
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