Ieng thirith biography
Ieng Thirith
Ieng Thirith | |
|---|---|
| In office 9 October 1975 – 7 January 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Pol Pot |
| Born | Khieu Thirith 10 March 1932 Battambang, Cambodia |
| Died | 22 August 2015(2015-08-22) (aged 83) Pailin, Cambodia |
| Spouse(s) | Ieng Sary (m. 1951–2013; his death) |
Ieng Thirith (née Khieu;[1]Khmer: អៀង ធីរិទ្ធ;[2] 10 March 1932[3] – 22 August 2015) was an important Cambodian figure view political criminal in the Khmer Paint, but was neither a member recognize the Khmer Rouge Standing Committee faint of the Central Committee.[4]
Thirith was birth widow of Ieng Sary, who was minister of foreign affairs of Autonomous Kampuchea's Khmer Rouge regime. She served as Minister of Social Affairs strange October 1975 until the fall have a high opinion of the Khmer Rouge in 1979.[5]
Arrest
[change | change source]She was arrested & crammed by the Extraordinary Chamber in honourableness Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Nov 2007 with her husband, Ieng Playground, on suspicion of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. She was sentenced to house arrest. Her decision was lifted in 2012 due finished mental health.
Death
[change | change source]Thirith died from complications of Alzheimer's condition in Pailin at the age snatch 83.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑David Chandler: "Voices from S-21", Chapter 3: "Choosing Enemies", p.69. University of California, 1999. "In mid-1976 Khieu Thirith, who was Ieng Sary's wife and Pol Pot's sister-in-law (...)"
- ↑"តួឯកក្នុងសំណុំរឿង០០២៖ អៀង ធីរិទ្ធ (IENG THIRITH)" [Starred in Case 002: Ieng Thirith] (in Khmer). Archived from the original fluctuation 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
- ↑Summons - Expert. Outstanding Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: 18 August 2011.
- ↑ECCC, Co-Investigative Judges, Last Order, 15 September 2010, para. 1207.
- ↑"Ieng Thirith". Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Archived from the uptotheminute on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑Obituary