NUON Chea
Biography
Nuon Chea (his name at birth was Long Bunruot) studied law at Bangkok's prestigious Thammasat University, where he became a member of the Thai Communist Party. Appointed Deputy Secretary of the CPK in 1960, he retained this position and his membership in the CPK’s Standing Committee throughout the period of Democratic Kampuchea. He remained with the Khmer Rouge until reaching a deal with the Cambodian government in December 1998 that allowed him to live near the Thai border.
| Alias | Brother Number Two |
| Date of Birth | 7 July 1926 |
| Place of Birth | Voat Kor village, Battambang province |
| Arrested Date | 19 September 2007 |
| Defence counsel | Son Arun (Cambodia )and Victor Koppe (Netherlands) |
| Position in Democratic Kampuchea | Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, member of the Standing Committee and Central Committee of Communist Party of Kampuchea, Chairman of the Democratic Kampuchea People’s Assembly. According to the Closing Order, Nuon Chea was allegedly also a member of the Military Committee of the Central Committee, but he disputes that he was member of the said committee. |
| Status of case | Nuon Chea has been indicted and sent to trial for crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and genocide; offences which are defined and punishable under Articles 4,5, 6, 29 (New) and 39 (New) of the Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers as amended 27 October 2004. The case is currently on trial. The initial hearing in the trial was held 27-30 June 2011, and the substantive part of the trial commenced with opening statements on 21 November 2011. |
| Key allegations | Nuon Chea is alleged to be responsible, through his acts or omissions (committed via a joint criminal enterprise), for having planned, instigated, ordered, or aided and abetted, or being responsible by virtue of superior responsibility, for the following crimes committed between 17 April 1975 and 6 January 1979:
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