Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85
FILE- Bou Meng, center, former S-21 prison survivor, leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, file) 202.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated crime & justice brief. The source report from AP says: FILE- Bou Meng, center, former S-21 prison survivor, leaves the courtroom after the verdict is announced for Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, file) 202.
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- Published: Aug 16, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC
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