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Tuol Sleng (S 21) Prison: Kang Kek Iew, at the age of 17.

Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Kek Iev, Kaing Guek Eav (Comrade Duch or Deuch), a Sino-Khmer with the Chinese name Hang Pin, was born 17 November 1942 in Choyaot village, Kampong Chen subdistrict, Kampong Thom Province. He is best known for heading the Khmer Rouge special branch (Santebal) and running the infamous Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp in Phnom Penh. The first Khmer Rouge leader to be tried by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the crimes of the regime, he was convicted of crimes against humanity, murder, and torture for his role in the Cambodian Holocaust and sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment.
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Tuol Sleng (S 21) Prison: Kang Kek Iew, at the age of 17.
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Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Kek Iev, Kaing Guek Eav (Comrade Duch or Deuch), a Sino-Khmer with the Chinese name Hang Pin, was born 17 November 1942 in Choyaot village, Kampong Chen subdistrict, Kampong Thom Province. He is best known for heading the Khmer Rouge special branch (Santebal) and running the infamous Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp in Phnom Penh. The first Khmer Rouge leader to be tried by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the crimes of the regime, he was convicted of crimes against humanity, murder, and torture for his role in the Cambodian Holocaust and sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment.
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