Khmer Rouge’s Ao An dies
Publication date 08 November 2020 | 21:35 | ICT

Ao An, a former senior Khmer Rouge official and suspect in Case 004/2 of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), died at the age of 87 in Battambang province, according to ECCC spokesperson Neth Pheaktra.

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