Kang Kek Iew

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/kang-kek-iew

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Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Kang Kek Iew born?November 17, 1942
2. When did Kang Kek Iew die?September 2, 2020
3. What is the sentence?Initially 30 years imprisonment, extended to life imprisonment in 2012
4. Who was Kang Kek Iew and what did he do?He was a leader in the Khmer Rouge and ran the Tuol Sleng prison, where many people were hurt and killed.
5. What was Tuol Sleng prison like?It was a former high school turned into a place where prisoners were questioned, tortured, and many died.

Khmer Rouge: A radical communist movement that seized power in Cambodia in 1975 and implemented a brutal agrarian revolution.
Tuol Sleng (S-21): A former school converted into a notorious security prison and torture center by the Khmer Rouge regime.
Santebal: The internal security police of the Khmer Rouge, responsible for surveillance, interrogation, and elimination of perceived enemies.
Crimes Against Humanity: Widespread or systematic attacks directed against any civilian population, including murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and torture.