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Sunday, August 23, 2015

'First Lady' of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge dies at 83

Former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith in a Phnom Penh courtroom. Judges in 2012 announced she was unfit to stand trial. (AFP Photo/Mark Pepper)

'First Lady' of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge dies at 83

 AFP / Yahoo News | 22 August 2015

Ieng Thirith (C) was the sister-in-law of Cambodian dictator Pol Pot and was one of the few women in the leadership of the communist movement behind the horrors of the "Killing Fields" era. (AFP Photo/Tang Chhin Sothy)
Ieng Thirith (R) served as social affairs minister alongside her husband (L), former foreign minister Ieng Sary, Pol Pot's legendary "Brother Number Three". (AFP Photo/Khem Sovannara)



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