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Mayor Sokhary Chau addresses the assembly during the Lowell City Council swearing-in ceremony, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, in Lowell, Mass., held at Lowell Memorial Auditorium due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Julia Malakie/The Lowell Sun via AP)

First Cambodian American mayor in US takes office

January 4, 2022
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BOSTON (AP) — A refugee who survived the Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule has become the first Cambodian American mayor in the United States. Sokhary Chau, a city councilor in Lowell,…

Duch, the former mathematics teacher became the Khmer Rouge’s top torturer died early Wednesday in hospital in Phnom Penh.

Head of Khmer Rouge torture prison dies aged 77

September 2, 2020
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The former chief interrogator and top torturer for Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime died early Wednesday in hospital in Phnom Penh. He was 77. Kaing Guek Eav, better known by…

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First Cambodian American mayor in US takes office

Head of Khmer Rouge torture prison dies aged 77

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