August 6, 2010
By SETH MYDANS
The New York Times
FOR seven long years, Thet Sambath lived in a world of secrets as he courted and won the trust of the former Khmer Rouge leader he holds responsible for the deaths of his parents.
Month after month, he says, he sat for hours with the aging leader, Nuon Chea, sharing meals and confidences, recording his words on thousands of hours of audio and videotape until at last he confessed his guilt.
His pursuit of Mr. Nuon Chea became an obsession that he says he hid from everybody, even his wife, who never knew where he went on what he called his investigation.
“I forgot everything,” said Mr. Thet Sambath, 42. “I forgot how to make money for my family. I sold my land. I sold everything. My brother told me, ‘You should stop going to the province. For what? You should take care of your children, your wife, build a house.’
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