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attack, but a full autopsy was not carried out before his body was cremated on a pyre of
burning tyres.
For more on the life and times of Pol Pot, pick up one of the excellent biographies writ-
ten about him:
Brother Number One
by David Chandler or
Pol Pot: The History of a
Nightmare
by Phillip Short.
Nuon Chea: Brother Number Two
Long considered one of the main ideologues and architects of the Khmer Rouge revolu-
tion, Nuon Chea studied law at Bangkok's Thammasut University before joining the Thai
Communist Party. He was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of Kam-
puchea upon its secretive founding in 1960 and remained Pol Pot's second in command
throughout the regime's rule, with overall responsibility for internal security. He is cur-
rently on trial at the ECCC as part of Case 002.
Enemies of the People
(2010) follows Cambodian journalist and genocide survivor Thet Sambath as
he wins the confidence of Brother Number Two in the Khmer Rouge, Nuon Chea, eventually
coaxing him to give new testimony on his role in the genocidal regime.
Ieng Sary: Brother Number Three
One of Pol Pot's closest confidants, Ieng Sary fled to the jungles of Ratanakiri in 1963,
where he and Pol Pot both underwent intensive guerrilla training in the company of North
Vietnamese communist forces. Ieng Sary was one of the public faces of the Khmer Rouge
and became foreign minister of Democratic Kampuchea. Until his death, he maintained
that he was not involved in the planning or execution of the genocide. However, he did in-
vite many intellectuals, diplomats and exiles to return to Cambodia from 1975, the major-
ity of whom were subsequently tortured and executed in S-21 prison. He helped hasten the
demise of the Khmer Rouge as a guerrilla force with his defection to the government side
in 1996 and was given an amnesty for his earlier crimes.
Khieu Samphan tries to exonerate himself in his 2004 publication,
Cambodia's Recent History and the
Reasons Behind the Decisions I Made
.
