Cambodia News: Ieng Sary

20 Years After His Death, Cambodians Still Struggle to Put Memories of Pol Pot Behind Them
VOA Khmer
During the late 1970s, he and his senior comrades like Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan and Ta Mok, subjected Cambodian society to an extreme Marxist-Maoist ideology. Cities where emptied, private property abandoned and all people were forced to ...

17 kwietnia. Inwazja w Zatoce Świń, czyli nieudana próba obalenia ...
Gazeta Wyborcza
Rejestracja 'Solidarności' i początek ludobójstwa w Kambodży. Co jeszcze zdarzyło się 17 kwietnia?

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Cambodge: il y a vingt ans, la mort du despote sanguinaire Pol Pot
Le Figaro
PORTRAIT - Le chef historique des Khmers rouges a été le principal responsable du génocide cambodgien qui, dès 1975 et en plus de trois ans, a tué au moins 1,7 million de personnes dans le pays.
Histoire : Il y a vingt ans, mourrait Pol PotCambodge Mag

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Can Cambodia stay competitive with so many public holidays?
The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia likely became the country with the largest number of public holidays in the world on Tuesday, raising questions about the ability of Cambodia to stay economically competitive with so many mandatory leave days. Cambodia will observe the “Day of ...

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'Day of Anger' becomes Kingdom's latest national holiday
The Phnom Penh Post
It was inaugurated in 1984 as the “Day of Hatred against the genocidal Pol Pot-Ieng Sary-Khieu Samphan clique and the Sihanouk-Son Sann reactionary groups” by the then-Vietnamese backed government, shortly after Vietnam's ouster of the Khmer Rouge. The ...

As PM recycles policy, who wins?
The Phnom Penh Post
With the government wielding the threat of dissolution over the Cambodia National Rescue Party, Prime Minister Hun Sen has returned to a familiar trope rooted in the early years of his rule – that in consolidating power he is also offering up a “win ...

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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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Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary had US$20m in Hong Kong account
South China Morning Post
The death of Ieng Sary - one of three Khmer Rouge leaders accused of genocide and war crimes before a tribunal in Phnom Penh - may have also killed off attempts by victims and their families to recover his assets and hidden wealth, including a bank ...
Ieng Sary Did Not Stash Funds Overseas: SonRadio Free Asia
How a Brutal Khmer Rouge Leader Died 'Not Guilty'The Atlantic
Pol Pot's former right-hand man declared fit for trial in CambodiaCNN International

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Ieng Sary Cremated in Elaborate Funeral Ceremony
The Cambodia Daily
Outside in the yard, another brightly hand-painted coffin sat on a stupa with a chimney – a purpose-built crematorium. Ieng Sary's wife, Ieng Thirith was one of the last people to arrive at the house at about 3 p.m., carried from a van straight into ...
Khmer Rouge 'Brother Number Two' Seen Fit for TrialRadio Free Asia

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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 and ...
Ieng Sary, Former Official of Khmer Rouge, Dies at 87New York Times
Ieng SaryTelegraph.co.uk
Ieng Sary dies during Khmer Rouge trialFinancial Times
The Cambodia Daily -NPR (blog)
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