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Police in Cambodia have detained Khieu Samphan, the Khmer Rouge's former head of state, and taken him to a UN-backed genocide tribunal, officials have said. Police in Cambodia have arrested Khieu Samphan, the Khmer Rouge's former head of state, and taken him to a UN-backed genocide tribunal.
The elderly ex-leader was detained after being discharged from hospital in the capital, Phnom Penh. The elderly ex-leader was detained after he was released from hospital in the capital, Phnom Penh.
He is the fifth person to be targeted by the court, set up to bring surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge to the dock.He is the fifth person to be targeted by the court, set up to bring surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge to the dock.
More than one million people are thought to have died between 1975 and 1979 under the brutal Maoist regime.More than one million people are thought to have died between 1975 and 1979 under the brutal Maoist regime.
Last week, the tribunal charged former Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and wife Ieng Thirith, the former social affairs minister, with crimes against humanity. Confidant
Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot's second-in command, Nuon Chea, and Kang Kek Ieu (Duch), the head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, are also facing charges. Khieu Samphan's arrest had been widely expected.
A former guerrilla fighter, he became the president of Democratic Kampuchea after the Khmer Rouge came to power and was a close confidant of leader Pol Pot.
He has long claimed that his position was ceremonial and in a recently published book denied policies to starve people and orders to carry out mass killings.
Last week, amid reports that his arrest was imminent, he was flown to hospital in Phnom Penh after apparently suffering a fall.
Early on Monday, police entered the hospital and drove the former leader to the special courts to appear before a panel of investigating judges.
His arrest completes the initial round-up of suspects by the tribunal, which was established last year after decades of delay.
Former Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and wife Ieng Thirith, the social affairs minister, were arrested last week and charged with crimes against humanity.
Pol Pot's second-in command, Nuon Chea, and Kang Kek Ieu (Duch), the head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, are also facing similar charges.
Their trials are expected to begin next year.