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| Nuon Chea said he was never called “Brother Number Two”, a nickname he said was “too big” for him (AFP/ECCC, Nhet Sokheng) |
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
AFP
PHNOM PENH — The former deputy leader of the Khmer Rouge told Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes court on Wednesday that he was never called “Brother Number Two”, a nickname he said was “too big” for him.
Giving evidence at his landmark atrocities trial, alongside two other senior members of the brutal 1970s regime, Nuon Chea said there “was no such thing” as a hierarchy numbering system within the Khmer Rouge.
“I am not ‘Brother Number Two’,” the 85-year-old said, though he admitted he was the deputy secretary of the party and “one step below” leader Pol Pot
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