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When Pol Pot took over Cambodia in 1975, he abolished [[private property]], [[money]], schools and [[religion]] and converted everything back to an agricultural society.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8350313.stm</ref>  He emptied the cities.  His [[Khmer Rouge]] government fell in 1979 when the Communist country of [[Vietnam]] invaded Cambodia after a series of violent border confrontations, and Pol Pot fled to the northern jungle with his forces.  Pol Pot was popular in China because they believed Cambodia would be a counterbalance to Vietnam, which was friendly with the Soviet Union.  The Chinese support for Pol Pot was a reason he was not ousted earlier or disowned by the Communist movement.

When Pol Pot took over Cambodia in 1975, he abolished [[private property]], [[money]], schools and [[religion]] and converted everything back to an agricultural society.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8350313.stm</ref>  He emptied the cities.  His [[Khmer Rouge]] government fell in 1979 when the Communist country of [[Vietnam]] invaded Cambodia after a series of violent border confrontations, and Pol Pot fled to the northern jungle with his forces.  Pol Pot was popular in China because they believed Cambodia would be a counterbalance to Vietnam, which was friendly with the Soviet Union.  The Chinese support for Pol Pot was a reason he was not ousted earlier or disowned by the Communist movement.

An Oscar-winning film about his dictatorship, ''[[The Killing Fields]]'' brought a wider knowledge of his atrocities, but only years after they had taken place.  The United States and other Asian nations were blamed for once supporting him in order to counter Vietnam next door.

An Oscar-winning film about his dictatorship, ''[[The Killing Fields]]'' brought a wider knowledge of his atrocities, but only years after they had taken place.  The United States and other Asian nations have been accused of supporting him in order to counter Vietnam next door.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-rouge/khmer-rouge-jailer-says-u-s-contributed-to-pol-pot-rise-idUSTRE5351VF20090406 Link label</ref>

There was a bloody power struggle within the Khmer Rouge in 1997.  Pol Pot was then arrested by his former supporters in July 1997.  They charged him with [[treason]] but a "people's tribunal" merely sentenced him to house arrest for life.

There was a bloody power struggle within the Khmer Rouge in 1997.  Pol Pot was then arrested by his former supporters in July 1997.  They charged him with [[treason]] but a "people's tribunal" merely sentenced him to house arrest for life.