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Criminal

Aug. 26, 1999

Murder Defense Spotlights Old, New Killing Fields

SAN BERNARDINO - As a small child growing up in war-torn Cambodia, Run "Peter" Chhoun witnessed executions carried out by members of the communist Khmer Rouge.

By Matthew Heller
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN BERNARDINO - As a small child growing up in war-torn Cambodia, Run "Peter" Chhoun witnessed executions carried out by members of the communist Khmer Rouge.
        Some two decades later, as a young man leading a San Bernardino street gang, he participa...

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