Khmer Rouge leaders apologize to victims' families
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Former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge being tried by a UN-backed genocide tribunal have apologized directly to families of victims of the regime's atrocities. Khieu Samphan, the head of state of the 1970s communist regime, and Nuon Chea, its ideologist, were responding Thursday to questions from 'civil parties,' who represent the victims' families.
Khieu Samphan said he was unaware at the time of the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge – whose radical policies led to the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians – and held no real power in the regime, a claim disputed by scholars. (AP)
