Cambodia News: Ieng Sary

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Mission Accomplished?
The Diplomat
Pol Pot, his top military commander Ta Mok, Foreign Minister Ieng Sary, and others died before the ECCC ever convened. Now, Cases 003 and 004 are expected to be “shelved” given that funding is fast running out, and the Cambodian co-prosecutor and its ...

Keeping the peace in a post Khmer Rouge era
The Phnom Penh Post
Ieng Sary, the Khmer Rouge's influential foreign minister, and his wife, the regime's Minister for Social Affairs Ieng Thirith, broke away from the guerrilla group in exchange for a government amnesty in 1996. Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot – arrested by ...

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The Post's co-founder recalls trying, but satisfying times at the helm
The Phnom Penh Post
Michael Hayes has many strings to his bow, but none quite surpass the distinction of being the co-founder and former publisher of The Phnom Penh Post. As the man behind the first English-language newspaper in the Kingdom, Michael's determination and ...

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Cambodge : il y a vingt ans, le « coup de force » de Hun Sen
Le Monde
En 1996, Hun Sen obtient, à la surprise générale, la défection de son ancien ennemi juré, Ieng Sary, l'ex-ministre khmer rouge des affaires étrangères et de 3 000 de ses hommes, qui abandonnent leur uniforme khmer rouge pour revêtir celui de l'armée ...

Making of a strongman: In July 1997, Hun Sen took full control of the country – and his party
The Phnom Penh Post
Hun Sen in August 1996 had successfully courted the forces in Pailin led by Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary, while Ranariddh was sending Nhek Bun Chhay, his top general, to Anlong Veng for talks with former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu ...

Celebrated historian Michael Vickery dies, 86
The Phnom Penh Post
Later, Vickery consulted with the late Ieng Sary's defence at the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Ieng Sary defender Michael Karnavas, a friend for 22 years, said in an email that Vickery was “a fierce critic of sloppy critical analysis . . . a great ...

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Return
The Cambodia Daily
When Samdech Hun Sen [negotiates] with Ieng Sary in Malai [district], Samlot [district], Pailin [province], it's good because it's coming from Samdech Hun Sen. But what I am doing with Anlong Veng [the Khmer Rouge stronghold] is bad because it is ...

Trial of Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan in final stage
Stuff.co.nz
A man touches a glass case containing 5000 human skulls belonging to the Khmer Rouge victims as people gather to mark the 42nd anniversary of the start of the regime, at the Choeung Ek memorial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in April. Phnom Penh Closing ...

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Cambodia: UN Tribunal Rejects Appeal of Ex-Khmer Rouge Leaders
The Diplomat
Surviving members included Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, and his wife Ieng Thirith, while the military commander Ta Mok and the head of the S-21 extermination camp Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, were also earmarked for prosecution. Duch has ...
Jailing of Khmer Rouge leaders 'sends message to North Korea' - UN envoyReuters UK
Khmer Rouge leaders have life sentences upheld for atrocitiesSky News
UN-backed court in Cambodia upholds life sentences for Khmer Rouge leadersFRANCE 24
Voice of America -The Seattle Times -VOA Khmer (English)
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Khmer Rouge senior leader Ieng Sary dies
BBC News
Former senior Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary has died, Cambodia's UN-backed court has announced. The 87-year-old was on trial for genocide committed under the 1975-79 Maoist regime at the time of his death. He served as the regime's foreign minister ...
Ieng Sary dies during Khmer Rouge trialFinancial Times
Ieng SaryTelegraph.co.uk
Ieng Sary, Former Official of Khmer Rouge, Dies at 87New York Times
Express.co.uk -Human Rights Watch
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