Sam Sary, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sam Sary

Cambodian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1917

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Cambodia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Sam Sary

  • Sam Sary (Khmer: ?? ????; 6 March 1917 – disappeared in 1962) was a Cambodian politician who participated in the so-called Bangkok Plot against Prince Norodom Sihanouk.
  • He was a son of Sam Nhean, a prominent politician in the 1940s, and father of Sam Rainsy, the leader of Cambodia's main opposition party.
  • He was a close confidant of the then Prince Norodom Sihanouk but had a falling-out with the Prince when he was exposed in corruption, selling import licenses and a second time during his tenure as a Cambodian ambassador to London in 1958, for beating his pregnant servant.
  • He was alleged to have beaten her so badly that she escaped to the protection of the London police.
  • The scandal made headlines in the London tabloids and he was recalled to Cambodia and stripped of all of his duties.
  • He disappeared mysteriously in 1962.

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