19 Facts About Ieng Sary

Ieng Sary was the co-founder and senior member of the Khmer Rouge and one of the main architects of the Cambodian genocide.

Ieng Sary was known as "Brother Number Three", as he was third in command after Pol Pot and Nuon Chea.

Ieng Sary's wife, Ieng Thirith, served in the Khmer Rouge government as social affairs minister.

Ieng Sary was arrested in 2007 and was charged with crimes against humanity but died of heart failure before the case against him could be brought to a verdict.

Ieng Sary's father, Kim Riem was a Khmer Krom while his mother Tran Thi Loi was both Chinese and Vietnamese mix as confirmed by the Cambodian Tribunal who moved back to Vietnam with her parents when she was a little girl.

Ieng Sary changed his name from the Vietnamese Kim Trang when he joined the Khmer Rouge.

Ieng Sary was the brother-in-law by marriage of the Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot.

Whilst there, Ieng Sary rented an apartment in the Latin Quarter, a hotbed of student radicalism.

Ieng Sary took the nickname "Brother number 3" and, as head of diplomacy, he would be the only dignitary not to cultivate his secret identity.

Ieng Sary welcomed foreign visitors and was responsible for purges and arrests in the government's ministries.

Together with Pol Pot, Ieng Sary was sentenced to death in-absentia by the People's Revolutionary Tribunal after the Democratic Khmer regime of Khmer Rouge was overthrown by Vietnam in 1979.

Ieng Sary was the founder of the Democratic National Union Movement, a split from the Cambodian National Unity Party.

Ieng Sary, reportedly living in "an opulent Phnom Penh villa surrounded by security guards and barbed wire" was arrested on 12 November 2007 in Phnom Penh on an arrest warrant from the Cambodia Tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Ieng Sary's wife, Ieng Thirith, was arrested for crimes against humanity.

Ieng Sary died in Phnom Penh on 14 March 2013 at the age of 87, before the case against him could be brought to a verdict.

Ieng Sary had heart problems for years as well as other ailments.

Ieng Sary was taken from his holding cell at the special tribunal to a hospital on 4 March 2013 for what his lawyers said were gastrointestinal problems.

Ieng Sary's body was transported to his home in Banteay Meanchey province.

At the time of his death, Ieng Sary was on trial for his involvement in the Khmer Rouge.