Khang Khek Ieu (aka Comrade D[e]uch) was a leader in the Khmer Rouge during its rule of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. He is best known for running the Tuol Sleng S-21 prison camp in Phnom Penh. Some of the Khmer Rouge leadership during their period in power. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The infamous map of skulls that was once on display at the Tuol Sleng Museum One of the cells at Tuol Sleng, as seen today at Tuol Sleng Museum S-21 was a prison camp located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, used by the Khmer Rouge from its rise to power... City motto: No motto City proper Province Phnom Penh Mayor Kep Chuktema ( ) Area 290 km² Population 862,000 Density 3446. ...

Duch was born in Choyaot village, Kampong Chen subdistrict, Kampong Thom province^[1]. As a pupil at the Sisowath lycée in 1959 he had stood second in the Baccalaureat in mathematics, a subject he excelled at and which he taught for several years at Kompong Thom. In 1964 he was appointed to the Phnom Penh Pedagogical Institute^[2]. Duch was also deputy principal of Balaing College. He was arrested and tortured by Norodom Sihanouk's police for engaging in communist activities. In 1970 when he was released following the amnesty granted to political prisoners by Lon Nol, he joined the Khmer Rouge rebels in the Cardamom hills bordering Thailand. After the Khmer Rouge victory in April 1975, Duch's request for a transfer to the Industrial Sector of government was denied (Bizot, 2003). Categories: Southeast Asia geography stubs | Provinces of Cambodia ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mathematics Look up Mathematics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mathematics Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles — A collection of articles on various math topics, with interactive Java... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... City motto: No motto City proper Province Phnom Penh Mayor Kep Chuktema ( ) Area 290 km² Population 862,000 Density 3446. ... Time in office: April 24, 1941–March 3, 1955; November 20, 1991–October 7, 2004 (King from September 24, 1993) Predecessor: Sisowath Monivong (first time); Chea Sim (second time) Successor: Norodom Suramarit (first time); Norodom Sihamoni (second time) Date of Birth: October 31, 1922 Place of Birth: Phnom Penh His... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... General Lon Nol General Lon Nol (November 13, 1913 - November 17, 1985) was a Cambodian politician and former Defence Minister of Cambodia. ... Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Duch later became the head of Democratic Kampuchea's dreaded "special branch" - the Santebal. He was also the director^[3] of the infamous Tuol Sleng S-21 concentration camp. He was probably the last Khmer Rouge cadre to abandon Phnom Penh after it fell to the Vietnamese army on January 7, 1979. Duch had built up such a large archive of prison records and "confessions" that he was unable to destroy much of it; he left over one hundred thousand pages of testimony to his activities since 1974. He did see to the execution of several surviving prisoners. He escaped and reached Thailand in May. Democratic Kampuchea was the official name of Cambodia under the government of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge party from 1975 until 1979. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Duch was captured in 1999 and is awaiting trial. In captivity he has become a born again Christian. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Born again Cristian: A person who has renewed their christian faith ...

External links

• Cambodia History and Killing Fields
• 1999 BBC article on his capture
• Contemporary photo of Comrade Duch

References

1. ^  CBIO Record of Comrade Duch. Yale Cambodian Genocide Program. URL accessed on 2005-12-18.
2. ^ Bizot, François; translated from French by Euan Cameron (2003). The Gate, Alfred A. Knoph. ISBN 0-375-41293-X.
3. ^  Tuol Sleng Organizational Chart. Yale Cambodian Genocide Program. URL accessed on 2005-12-18.