Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Ieng Sary back in prison

Cambodge Soir

12-08-2008

The former Khmer Rouge Minister of Foreign Affairs has left Calmette after one week of hospitalisation.

Ieng Sary went back to his cell on Friday the 8th of August after a stay of one week at the hospital, stated Reach Sambath, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) spokesman on Sunday 10th of August.

“He feels better now but the doctors still keep an eye on him due to all his health problems”, said Reach Sambath, quoted by Agence France Presse.

Ieng Sary has been hospitalised on Friday the 1st of August after suffering from blood in his urine, he had already stayed at the hospital in February for the same reason.

The former Khmer Rouge leader, arrested on the 12th of November 2007 in Phnom Penh, suffers from the prostate and high blood tension.

His request to be released, filed on the 2nd of July, is being examined by the Pre-Trial Chamber of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.

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