… Published Sunday, March 7, 1999 in the San Jose Mercury News DURING the Cambodian genocide of 1975-79, about 1.7 … regime, Ieng Sary. This broke up the Khmer Rouge, as other leaders jockeyed for similar deals. Suspecting treachery, Pol … in a thatch hut. Two of the last remaining top Khmer Rouge leaders surrendered in December to the Phnom Penh government. …