Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state, was arrested Monday by a genocide tribunal after being taken from a hospital where he was being treated following a stroke, officials said.

Khieu Samphan, 91, is the last surviving top leader of the Khmer Rouge, whose radical policies are blamed for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people when they held power.

Khieu Samphan, who was convicted by a U.N.-backed tribunal of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for his role as a leader of the communist Khmer Rouge when they ruled Cambodia in ...

FILE - Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, sits in a court during a hearing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 16, 2018. Samphan, who was convicted ...

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, left, former Khmer Rouge head of state, appears in court during the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in ...

Khieu Samphan, who was convicted by a U.N.-backed tribunal of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for his role as a leader of the communist Khmer Rouge when they ruled Cambodia in ...

The last surviving leader of Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge, Khieu Samphan, will die in jail after a UN-backed and Australian-funded tribunal upheld his life sentence for genocide and crimes ...

Alongside Khieu Samphan in the 2018 case, "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea was also sentenced to life for genocide and other crimes, including forced marriages and rapes. Nuon Chea died in 2019.

Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, is seen on screen during his verdict announcement at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sept. 22, 2022.

It has led to three convictions, including Khieu Samphan; Nuon Chea, who was second-in-command to Pol Pot; and Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, who was head of the notorious S-21 prison.

The United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal has upheld a genocide conviction against the last surviving Khmer Rouge leader, Khieu Samphan, for his role in the slaughter of Muslim Chams and ethnic ...

Khieu Samphan, 91, who served as head of state in Cambodia’s 1975-79 Khmer Rouge government, was convicted in 2018 of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to life in ...