Nuon Chea obituary

Cambodian politician and member of the Khmer Rouge who was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanityNuon Chea, who has died aged 93, was a lifelong revolutionary who served as “Brother No 2” in the Cambodian communist movement for almost half a century. In this role, he presided over extensive purges of suspected enemies within and outside the ruling party, resulting in the execution of more than 300,000 Cambodians between 1975 and 1979, when the Khmer Rouge regime of Pol