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Why ex-King Norodom Sihanouk, a sometime ally, was not also in the dock?

The former head of state in Cambodia under the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge denied involvement in mass killings under the regime in the 1970s and asked prosecutors on Wednesday why ex-King Norodom Sihanouk, a sometime ally, was not also in the dock.

The U.N.-backed court started a case on Monday against Khieu Samphan and two other leaders of the "Killing Fields" regime blamed for the deaths of as many as 2.2 million people, or about a quarter of Cambodia's population, from 1975-1979. ...

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  • 10 years ago
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    Even though King Sihanouk allied himself with the Khmer Rouge against the Lon Nol government, there is no evidence that he was complicent with the Khmer Rouge during their reign of terror in the late 70's.

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