Kang Kek Iew

Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Kek Iev, also romanized as Kaing Guek Eav (), nom de guerre Comrade Duch or Deuch (មិត្តឌុច); or Hang Pin, (17 November 1942 – 2 September 2020) was a Cambodian war criminal. He was leader in the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. 

He was responsible for the Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp where thousands were held for interrogation and torture, after which many of these prisoners were eventually executed.

Kek Iew died at the age of 77 at a hospital in Phnom Penh on 2 September 2020. The cause of death was lung disease.Duch, Prison Chief Who Slaughtered for the Khmer Rouge, Is Dead at 77 at The New York Times

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Category:1942 births
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