Round 7: Tossup 11

A regime in this country wore black uniforms and red-and-white checkerboard scarves called krama. (-5[1])In an interview with journalist (-5[1])Nate Thayer, this country's former leader denied having “Comrade Ya” tortured and killed at a facility named for poison trees. The Santebal, this country's secret police force, disappeared many of its “New People” from (10[1])urban centers. A dictator of this country known as “Brother Number One” established (10[1])the (10[1])“Year Zero” ideology, which targeted people for wearing glasses. (10[2])From 1975 (10[1])to 1979, more than a million citizens of this country were murdered in its “Killing Fields.” For (10[1])10 points, name this country once ruled by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge. ■END■

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