Ta Mok's pictures during his coma

Ven Dara (R), the niece of former Khmer Rouge military chief Ta Mok (L), sits by his side in a military hospital in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh July 16, 2006. Ta Mok, one of Pol Pot's most ruthless henchmen and a key defendant in upcoming 'Killing Fields' trials, died on Friday in an army hospital in the Cambodian capital. (Stringer/Reuters)

Former Khmer Rouge military chief Ta Mok lies in a coma in military hospital in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh July 16, 2006. The one-legged 82-year-old Ta Mok, one of Pol Pot's most ruthless henchmen and a key defendant in upcoming 'Killing Fields' trials, died on July 21, 2006, after having been in hospital with breathing problems since last month. Picture taken July 16, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer