Ailing Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea hospitalized with bronchitis
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ailing former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea has been hospitalized in the Cambodian capital and is being treated for acute bronchitis.
The 86-year-old is one of only three surviving leaders of the radical movement who are facing war crimes charges in a trial by a U.N.-backed court.
Tribunal spokesman Neth Pheaktra says Nuon Chea was hospitalized Sunday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pheaktra said Monday that hearings in Nuon Chea's case had been postponed.
Nuon Chea was known as Brother No. 2 after Pol Pot, the deceased leader of the extremist group whose fanatical efforts to realize a utopian society during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-79 reign led to the death of some 1.7 people from starvation, diseases, overwork and executions.
Nuon Chea is charged with crimes against humanity, genocide, religious persecution, homicide and torture.