Ex-Leader Leaves Town Amid Trial Preparations
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The former Khmer Rouge head of state left his home in the middle of the night in a pickup truck piled high with his belongings, a neighbor said, a day after prosecutors began collecting evidence for the long-awaited trials of the regime’s ex-leaders.
Khieu Samphan, 75, is among Khmer Rouge members expected to be prosecuted in connection with atrocities committed in Cambodia in the 1970s. His daughter said he was visiting a friend out of town.
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