Cambodia's Khmer Rouge leaders begin war crimes trial - video

The four most senior surviving members of Pop Pot's Khmer Rouge regime appear before a UN-backed court. They face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their role in the Maoist 'Killing Fields' revolution, in which one in four Cambodians were murdered

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