MAOIST KHMER ROUGE RAN CAMBODIA FROM 1975 TO 1979, THE ERA OF THE 'KILLING FIELDS' GENOCIDE IN WHICH AN ESTIMATED 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED OR DIED OF TORTURE, STARVATION, DISEASE OR FORCED LABOUR. A FRONTLINE KHMER ROUGE COMMANDER, HUN SEN LOST AN EYE IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON PHNOM PENH IN APRIL 1975, BUT LATER DEFECTED AND FLED TO NEIGHBOURING VIETNAM. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE LINKING HIM TO ATROCITIES UNDER POL POT.
