Communist Party Of Kampuchea (Noun)
Meaning
A communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Communist Party of Kampuchea was notorious for its radical policies when it seized power in Cambodia in 1975.
- The leaders of the Communist Party of Kampuchea led by Pol Pot sought to transform Cambodia into a self-sufficient agrarian society through radical social engineering and violence.
- In 1979 the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party led by Heng Samrin took over a faction of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.
- By 1999 the last remnants of the Communist Party of Kampuchea defected to the royalist government as the party's power continued to crumble.
- Throughout its reign the Communist Party of Kampuchea became infamous for human rights abuses against its own people causing widespread suffering and loss of life.