Kang Kek Iew, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kang Kek Iew

war criminal and former leader in the Khmer Rouge

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1942

Place of Birth: Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia

Profession: politician, war criminal, torturer

Nationality: Cambodia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Kek Iev, also romanized as Kaing Guek Eav (Khmer: ???? ?????????), nom de guerre Comrade Duch or Deuch (????????); or Hang Pin, (born 17 November 1942) is a prisoner, war criminal and former leader in the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979.
As the head of the government's internal security branch (Santebal), he oversaw the Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp where thousands were held for interrogation and torture, after which the vast majority of these prisoners were eventually executed.
He was the first Khmer Rouge leader to be tried by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge regime, and was convicted of crimes against humanity, murder, and torture for his role during the Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment.
On 2 February 2012, his sentence was extended to life imprisonment by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Even though he was responsible for the death of thousands of people, Kang Kek Iew, unlike other Khmer Rouge cadres (like Pol Pot), didn't try to dismiss or justify his crimes.
He always admitted that he had been wrong and that he had done horrible things; he said that he repented and that he had converted to Christianity.
Moreover, during the trial, he provided detailed accounts of what happened inside S-21 and inside the Khmer Rouge regime, and this helped shed light on the regime and other cadres' responsibility.