Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pol Pot akashandura Cambodia kuva nyika ine bato rimwe inonzi Democratic Kampuchea. Ichitsvaka kuumba nzanga yezvokurima yezvokutengeserana iyo yaidavira kuti yaizokura kuva nzanga yechikomonisiti, hurumende yaPol Pot yakamanikidza vagari vomumaguta kuenda kumaruwa kunoshanda mumapurazi akaunganidzwa. Mukutsvaka kuenzana kwakakwana, mari yakabviswa uye vagari vose vakaitwa kuti vapfeke zvipfeko zvitema zvakafanana. Pol Pot akanga ari simba rinosunda rakanga riri seri kwokuparadza rudzi kweCambodian, chitambudzo chakarongwa nokuurawa kwavaCambodian avo vaKhmer Rouge vairangarira kuva vavengi. Kuurayiwa kwacho, pamwe chete nokushaya zvokudya zvinovaka muviri uye kurapwa zvisina kunaka, kwakauraya vanhu vari pakati pe1,5 ne2 miriyoni, inenge chikamu chimwe muzvina chevagari veCambodia. Kucheneswa kwakadzokororwa kweCPK kwakakonzera kusagutsikana kwakakura; pakazosvika 1978 varwi veCambodian vakanga vachigadzira kupandukira kumabvazuva. Pashure pamakore anoverengeka okurwisana pamuganhu,
Vietnam yakanga ichangobva kubatanidzwa yakapinda muCambodia muna December 1978, ichiparadza Pol Pot ndokuisa hurumende inokwikwidzana yeMarxist-Leninist muna 1979. VaKhmer Rouge vakadzokera kumasango aiva pedyo nomuganhu weThailand, kwavakaramba vachirwisa. Utano hwake pahwakanga huchiipa, Pol Pot akarega mabasa ake akawanda mubato racho. Muna 1998 mutungamiriri weKhmer Rouge Ta Mok akaita kuti Pol Pot asungwe pamba, achibva azofa.