An 87-year-old former Khmer Rouge official standing trial for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Cambodia died earlier this week.
Ieng Sang, brother-in-law of Pol Pot, died after being hospitalised with gastrointestinal problems earlier this month. Stephen Heder, a Cambodia scholar who assisted the tribunal, said Sang was accused of "repeatedly and publicly encouraged, and also facilitated, arrests and executions within his Foreign Ministry and throughout Cambodia”.
Ou Virak, who heads the Cambodian Human Rights Centre, told the Independent,
“As a victim of the Khmer Rouge, I am very disappointed that Ieng Sary escaped justice, escaped the trial,”
“I am also disappointed by the pace of the trial. This is is exactly what we have been saying. There is no time to waste”.
