Military Encircles Last of Khmer Rouge

Pro-government forces closed in on a Khmer Rouge enclave near the border with Thailand, raising anticipation that the group’s former leader, Pol Pot, could be captured and tried for crimes against humanity. Pol Pot’s whereabouts were unknown, but military officials said troops were drawing a noose around the last few hundred guerrillas, some of whom may be holding the ailing Pol Pot as a possible bargaining chip in a peace deal. Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge captured the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, 23 years ago this week.