Khmer Rouge 'butcher' dies in hospital

Ta Mok, the former military commander of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge and a chief architect of the regime’s atrocities, died today in a military hospital.

Fri, 21 Jul, 2006 - 08:36
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Ta Mok, the former military commander of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge and a chief architect of the regime’s atrocities, died today in a military hospital.

Known as “The Butcher”, he was believed to be 80 years old.

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