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How many Khmer Rouge leaders will be prosecuted in Cambodia?
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How many Khmer Rouge leaders will be prosecuted in Cambodia?

James Vander Meer
Jul 27, 2006
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The answer is that no one knows: the special tribunal that convened in Phnom Penh in early July hasn’t said how many trials they plan. But with recent the death of former Khmer Rouge leader Ta Mok, affectionately known to his countrymen as "The Butcher," one more major Khmer Rouge leader has escaped justice.

Ta Mok’s death - he was more than 80 years old…

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