Lon Nol
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Lon Nol was a Cambodian-Chinese military officer, politician who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice, as well as serving repeatedly as defence minister and provincial governor. As a right-wing
Nol in 1972
Democratic Kampuchea
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Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of the Cambodian state from 1975 to 1979, under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot and the Communist Party of Kampuchea, commonly known as the Khmer Rouge.
Lon Nol
…into exile, as his name was the first on a list of people the Khmer Rouge had vowed to execute. The first priority of the Khmer Rouge after conquering Cambodia and overthrowing the Khmer Republic was to execute all the deposed leaders and high officials. Lon Nol was able to escape, first to Indonesia and then…
Remains of victims of the Khmer Rouge in the Kampong Trach Cave, Kiry Seila Hills, Rung Tik (Water Cave) or Rung Khmao (Black Cave).
Skulls of Genocide victims
Kang Kek Iew (Kaing Guek Eav or Duch) before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Pol Pot meeting with Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu during the latter's visit to Cambodia in 1978