Khmer Rouge families end jungle ordeal

FOUR Khmer Rouge families have emerged from remote Cambodian jungles 25 years after fleeing the Vietnamese invasion which toppled the Pol Pot regime.

The group which expanded from 12 to 34 during their years in the northeastern jungles had avoided any human contact in the belief they would be killed if Vietnamese troops found them.

"When they saw a human footprint, they moved further into the jungle," Yoeung Balong, police chief of Ratanakiri province, said.