 He is believed to have directed the purges of the Democratic Kampuchea regime, in which an estimated 1.7 million people were tortured and killed in what is now referred to as "the killing fields", earning him the name “The Butcher” . After the fall of the regime, he continued to lead a faction, until captured by the Cambodian forces in 1999.
<fluency>  He is believed to have directed the purges of the Democratic Kampuchea regime, in which an estimated 1.7 million people were tortured and killed in what is now referred to as "the killing fields", earning him the name “The Butcher” . After the fall of the regime, he continued to lead a faction, until captured by the Cambodian forces in 1999.
 He is believed to have directed the purges of the Democratic Kampuchea regime, in which an estimated 1.7 million people were tortured and killed in what is now referred to as "the killing fields", earning him the name "The Butcher" . After the fall of the regime, he continued to lead a faction, until captured by the Cambodian forces in 1999.