According to Ly Thuch, a top official in Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh's Cabinet: "If Pol Pot is confirmed dead, it will be good for Cambodia as it will divide the Khmer Rouge leadership, and the group will weaken. He was worse than Hitler." Ly Thuch's parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge during their genocidal rule (1975-79). Virtually every Cambodian family had at least one relative killed by them.