Genocide charges against a Cambodian ex-Khmer Rouge commander were dropped on Friday by the United Nations-backed court set up to try leaders of the brutal regime, according to a statement.
The Khmer Rouge, also known as the Communist Party of Kampuchea, sought to transform Cambodia into an agrarian utopia, but instead killed as many as two million people.
Ex-navy commander Meas Muth was charged in 2015 with genocide against Cambodia’s ethnic Vietnamese minority during Khmer Rouge rule from 1975 to 1979.
