Khmer Rouge prison chief dies behind bars

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"Comrade Duch, a former senior figure of the Khmer Rouge convicted of crimes against humanity in Cambodia, has died.

"He was serving a life sentence after being sentenced by a UN-backed court.

"Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, ran the notorious Tuol Sleng prison where thousands of people were tortured and murdered in the late 1970s.

"As many as two million people are believed to have died under the Khmer Rouge, a Maoist regime that controlled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979."

Full report at the BBC: Link

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: Wikipedia