Ex-Khmer Rouge leader out of hospital

2010-03-25
Associated Press

An official with a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal says the Khmer Rouge's former head of state has returned to detention after being hospitalized for about 10 days.

Tribunal spokesman Lars Olsen says that 78-year-old Khieu Samphan was admitted March 14 after catching a cold. He was released from the hospital on Thursday.

He is charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder, torture and genocide for the regime's reign of terror in Cambodia in the mid-1970s.

He and three other defendants are expected to be brought to trial by the end of this year or early next year.

But many fear the former leaders, all of them aging, may die before the drawn-out legal proceedings are completed.

Ex-Khmer Rouge leader hospitalized for a cold

Thursday, March 25, 2010
AP

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – An official with a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal says the Khmer Rouge's former head of state has been hospitalized for more than 10 days after contracting a cold.

Tribunal spokesman Lars Olsen said Thursday that 78-year-old Khieu Samphan was admitted March 14 and was expected to be back in detention by the end of the week.

He is charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder, torture and genocide for the regime's reign of terror in Cambodia in the mid-1970s.

He and three other defendants are expected to be brought to trial by the end of this year or early next year.

But many fear the former leaders, all of them aging, may die before the drawn-out legal proceedings are completed.

Khieu Samphan continues his stay at the hospital

Monday, May 26, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by KI-Media

A report indicated that Khieu Samphan, the former president of the Democratic Kampuchea regime who was hospitalized 6 days ago, still continue to remain at the Calmette Hospital due to his high blood pressure condition. Reach Sambath, ECCC spokesman, said that Khieu Samphan’s condition has improved, but doctors asked to keep him in the hospital for the time being for follow up. Khieu Samphan’s hospitalization created concerns about the health condition of the former Khmer Rouge leaders among a number of groups. It is feared that the KR leaders’ health condition could affect the progress of justice for Cambodian victims. Youk Chhang, DC-Cam director, told The Mekong Times that if the health conditions of the KR leaders continue to face problems, this could slow down the progress for the search for justice for the victims because of possible delay in the investigation. Dr. Pung Chiv Kek, President of the Licadho human rights organization, said that the general public is concerned about the health condition of the former KR leaders who are now very old, and if their health condition deteriorates, this could affect the progress of the ECCC.

Khieu Samphan hospitalized

Former Khmer Rouge official hospitalized as ex-comrade appears before tribunal

2008-05-21

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - A spokesman for the Khmer Rouge tribunal says the regime's former head of state has been hospitalized for high blood pressure.

The spokesman says Khieu Samphan, 76, was taken Wednesday from his detention cell at the tribunal compound to a Phnom Penh hospital.

Tribunal spokesman Reach Sambath says Khieu Samphan's condition was not considered «extremely urgent but necessitated attention.

His hospitalization came as the tribunal was hearing an appeal against pretrial detention from Ieng Thirith, the Khmer Rouge's former social affairs minister.