PHNOM PENH(The Cambodia Herald) -- Ieng Sary, 87,
former Foreign Minister in the Pol Pot regime, is in critical condition,
and at the last stages of his life, defense lawyer, Ang Udom said
Wednesday.
He was sent to the hospital last week for his degenerating health, he told Cambodian Express News(CEN), an affiliate of The Cambodia Herald.
Doctors at the Cambodian-Soviet Friendship Hospital said that Ieng Sary may die today or in the next few days and was unable to comment any further.
Ieng Sary is being accused, through his acts or omissions, of crimes against humanity and genocide which includes: the murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation imprisonment, torture, persecution on political, racial, and religious grounds between the periods of April 17, 1975 and January 6, 1979.
Ieng Sary, born October 12, 1925, studied at Sisowath Collège in Phnom Penh. While there he was able to gain a scholarship to study in France and in, 1951, became a member of the French Communist Party.
He returned to Cambodia in 1957 and became a history professor at his Alma Mater.
In 1963, he joined the Khmer Rouge and later became Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1975.
He fled to Thailand when the Khmer Rouge Regime fell in 1979 but was convicted of genocide and sentenced to death in absentia by the People's Revolutionary Tribunal.
In 1996, King Norodom Sihanouk granted him a royal pardon for his 1979 conviction and royal amnesty from prosecution in exchange for leaving the regime with his followers.
He was later arrested on November 12, 2007 for crimes against humanity and genocide as set by the Geneva Convention of 1949.
These offenses which are defined and punishable under Articles 4,5, 6, 29 (New) and 39 (New) of the Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers as amended October 27, 2004.
The initial hearing was held June 27-30, 2011, and the fundamental part of the trial commenced on November 21, 2011.
He was sent to the hospital last week for his degenerating health, he told Cambodian Express News(CEN), an affiliate of The Cambodia Herald.
Doctors at the Cambodian-Soviet Friendship Hospital said that Ieng Sary may die today or in the next few days and was unable to comment any further.
Ieng Sary is being accused, through his acts or omissions, of crimes against humanity and genocide which includes: the murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation imprisonment, torture, persecution on political, racial, and religious grounds between the periods of April 17, 1975 and January 6, 1979.
Ieng Sary, born October 12, 1925, studied at Sisowath Collège in Phnom Penh. While there he was able to gain a scholarship to study in France and in, 1951, became a member of the French Communist Party.
He returned to Cambodia in 1957 and became a history professor at his Alma Mater.
In 1963, he joined the Khmer Rouge and later became Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1975.
He fled to Thailand when the Khmer Rouge Regime fell in 1979 but was convicted of genocide and sentenced to death in absentia by the People's Revolutionary Tribunal.
In 1996, King Norodom Sihanouk granted him a royal pardon for his 1979 conviction and royal amnesty from prosecution in exchange for leaving the regime with his followers.
He was later arrested on November 12, 2007 for crimes against humanity and genocide as set by the Geneva Convention of 1949.
These offenses which are defined and punishable under Articles 4,5, 6, 29 (New) and 39 (New) of the Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers as amended October 27, 2004.
The initial hearing was held June 27-30, 2011, and the fundamental part of the trial commenced on November 21, 2011.
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