Pol Pot still in captivity

Phnom Penh - Pol Pot, the former leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge guerrilla group, has been tracked down and found by a reporter…

Phnom Penh - Pol Pot, the former leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge guerrilla group, has been tracked down and found by a reporter from the Bangkok Post newspaper, sick, dispirited and firmly in the custody of his former comrades in their north Cambodian jungle stronghold.

The paper said Pol Pot looked very ill and spoke in a barely audible voice. There were rumours that the elusive and hated communist veteran had fled from Cambodia.

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