Pol Pot
The Khmer Rouge were thoroughly defeated and Pol Pot retreated to the southwestern mountains to lead a form of resistance. The years that followed saw Pol Pot's influence continue to dwindle, although not apparently his thirst for blood and vengeance, as the Khmer Rouge divided into several competing factions. In 1997, Pol Pot was removed from the leadership of the party - which had been a key demand of the Vietnamese in order to negotiate. Under house arrest from his one-time comrades, Pol Pot died in 1998, perhaps from natural causes and perhaps murdered. Like so many other aspects of his life story, details are vague on important points and precision is lacking. He was certainly one of the greatest mass murderers of recorded history.
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