Cambodian security official and war criminal (1942–2020)
Kang Kek Iew
កាំង ហ្គេកអ៊ាវ
Kang Kek Iew during his trial (2009)
Born
(1942-11-17)17 November 1942
Choyaot, Kampong Thom Province, French Indochina
Died
2 September 2020(2020-09-02) (aged 77)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Nationality
Cambodian
Other names
Comrade Duch Hang Pin
Known for
Director of the S-21 prison camp, Leader of Santebal
Spouse
Chhim Sophal (?–1995)
Conviction(s)
Crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty
30 years; increased to life (2 February 2012)
Date apprehended
May 1999
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Kang Kek Iew, also spelled Kaing Guek Eav (Khmer: កាំង ហ្គេកអ៊ាវ[kaŋgeːk.ʔiəw]; 17 November 1942 – 2 September 2020),[1]aliasComrade Duch (Khmer: សមមិត្តឌុច[samamɨtɗuc]) or Hang Pin, was a Cambodian convicted war criminal and leader in the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. As the head of the government's internal security branch (Santebal), he oversaw the Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp where thousands were held for interrogation and torture, after which the vast majority of these prisoners were eventually executed.
He was the first Khmer Rouge leader to be tried by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge regime,[2] and was convicted of crimes against humanity, murder, and torture for his role during the Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. On Candlemas Day, 2 February 2012, his sentence was extended to life imprisonment by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
Kang Kek Iew, unlike many other Khmer Rouge cadres, did not dismiss or justify his crimes. He admitted that he had been wrong and that he had done horrible things; he said that he repented and that he had converted to Christianity. During his trial, he provided detailed accounts of what happened inside S-21 and inside the Khmer Rouge regime, although his testimony at times contained discrepancies and at the conclusion of his trial he asked to be freed.[3][4][5]
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^"Landmark Khmer Rouge trial starts". BBC News. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
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^"Propaganda, Torture and French Colonial Heritage: Looking into the Methods of the Khmer Rouge - Cambodia Tribunal Monitor". www.cambodiatribunal.org. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^"Khmer Rouge war-crimes trial of prison chief Duch closes in surprise twist". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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