Khmer Rouge leader charged with war crimes

Nuon Chea, the top surviving leader of Cambodia’s notorious Khmer Rouge, whose radical policies were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people, was charged today with crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Nuon Chea was arrested early today at his home in Pailin in north west Cambodia near the Thai border and flown to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, where he was put in the custody of a United Nations-supported genocide tribunal.