Try the Khmers Rouges.(UN team to make recommendation on next step)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: January 9, 1999 | Copyright information

The interests of justice, and of Cambodia's future, demand nothing less

The two ageing Khmer Rouge leaders had a message for their countrymen. ``Let bygones be bygones,'' said Khieu Samphan, head of state between 1975 and 1979, when the savage rule of the Khmers Rouges over Cambodia resulted in nearly 2m deaths. Nuon Chea, ``Brother Number 2'' to the late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, offered similar advice: ``This is an old story. Please leave it to the past.'' The two m...

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