ABC Asia Pacific TV / Radio Australia
The son of former Khmer Rouge foreign minister, Ieng Sary, says his father has been hospitalised in Bangkok with a serious heart condition.
leng Sary is believed to be in his late seventies or early eighties.
He is one of 10 former top Khmer Rouge commanders who could stand trial in a genocide tribunal for alleged crimes committed during the regime's four-year rule.
The trial is expected to start later this year.
leng Sary was number two to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, who is blamed for orchestrating one of the worst genocides of the 20th century.
Between 1975 and 1979, as many as two million people died from starvation, overwork or execution during the period.
The son of former Khmer Rouge foreign minister, Ieng Sary, says his father has been hospitalised in Bangkok with a serious heart condition.
leng Sary is believed to be in his late seventies or early eighties.
He is one of 10 former top Khmer Rouge commanders who could stand trial in a genocide tribunal for alleged crimes committed during the regime's four-year rule.
The trial is expected to start later this year.
leng Sary was number two to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, who is blamed for orchestrating one of the worst genocides of the 20th century.
Between 1975 and 1979, as many as two million people died from starvation, overwork or execution during the period.
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