Pol Pot Part 4: The Killing Fields
Real Dictators
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Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge
In 1981, the Cambodian Communist Party dissolves itself. It's a move that shores up international support from non-communist states. Paul Pot is sentenced by his own cadres to life imprisonment. He has heart problems that require him to receive oxygen every day. The Khmer Rouge are increasingly an irrelevance.
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