Former Khmer Rouge leader loses appeal to overturn genocide conviction

A United Nations-backed tribunal rejected the appeal by 91-year-old Khieu Samphan, who served as Head of State in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979, when up to two million people died.

Khieu Samphan, former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, during a hearing at the UN backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Source: AAP / AP