Kang Kek Iew
war criminal and former leader in the Khmer Rouge (1942–2020)
Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Kek Iev, also romanized as Kaing Guek Eav (Khmer: កាំង ហ្គេកអ៊ាវ), nom de guerre Comrade Duch or Deuch (មិត្តឌុច); or Hang Pin, (17 November 1942 – 2 September 2020)[1] was a Cambodian war criminal. He was leader in the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979.
He was responsible for the Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp where thousands were held for interrogation and torture, after which many of these prisoners were eventually executed.
Kek Iew died at the age of 77 at a hospital in Phnom Penh on 2 September 2020.[2] The cause of death was lung disease.[3]
References
change- ↑ Totten, Samuel; Bartrop, Paul Robert; Jacobs, Steven L. (2008). Dictionary of Genocide: A-L. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-313-34642-2. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ↑ "Khmer Rouge's chief jailer, guilty of war crimes, dies at 77". Associated Press. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ↑ Duch, Prison Chief Who Slaughtered for the Khmer Rouge, Is Dead at 77 at The New York Times