Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of...

Cambodia plans to turn the remote jungle hideout of Pol Pot, the infamous leader of the 1970s Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" regime, into a tourist spot.
"First the government will develop the area for domestic tourists and the next step is to attract foreign tourists," Minister of Tourism Veng Sereyvuth told Reuters news agency.
"We want Anlong Veng to be a tourist resort as it is both beautiful and historic," he said.
The home of feared Khmer Rouge military commander Ta Mok -- nicknamed "the butcher" and currently jailed awaiting the setting up of a U.N.-sponsored genocide tribunal -- will also be converted into a tourist attraction, the minister said
The communist Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot are blamed for the deaths of some 1.7 million people through torture, execution, hard labor and starvation between 1975-1979. Cambodia has already developed the Khmer Rouge's main execution grounds -- known as the "Killing Fields" -- near the capital into a major stop for tourists.
Another grim reminder of the country's past, the former Khmer Rouge torture center, or S-21, is also open to the public. None of the former Khmer Rouge leaders have yet stood trial for crimes committed during their brutal rule. But legislation to hold a U. N. assisted tribunal was passed by Cambodia in August and is awaiting U.N. approval.