Khmer Rouge's 'Brother Number Two' dies

By Prak Chan Thul
Updated August 5 2019 - 1:33am, first published 1:27am
Nuon Chea was found guilty of genocide by a UN-backed court and sentenced to life in prison.
Nuon Chea was found guilty of genocide by a UN-backed court and sentenced to life in prison.

The chief ideologist and "Brother Number Two" of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge has died at the age of 93, a court spokesman says.

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