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Cambodia: Ney Sarann (1928 – 1976) was a Cambodian communist politician and a leading figure within the United Issarak Front and the Cambodian Communist Party.

Cambodia: Ney Sarann (1928 – 1976) was a Cambodian communist politician and a leading figure within the United Issarak Front and the Cambodian Communist Party.

During the civil war, Ney Sarann emerged as a leading Khmer Rouge cadre in the north zone. However, by late 1976 it had been decided by Pol Pot that Ney Sarann was a traitor due to his association with the Vietnamese and other party ‘revisionists’. This resulted in his arrest in September and imprisonment at Tuol Sleng, where he was tortured and executed.

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