Tuol Sleng survivor in hospital

Tuol Sleng survivor in hospital

Tuol Sleng survivor Vann Nath speaks outside the Khmer Rouge tribunal in June.
One of three living survivors of the Khmer Rouge’s notorious Toul Sleng interrogation prison, known as S-21, is receiving urgent medical attention after suffering cardiac arrest early on Saturday. (Photo by: Meng Kimlong)

Monday, 29 August 2011
Tep Nimol
The Phnom Penh Post

Painter Vann Nath, 66, who testified against former Tuol Sleng prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, during the Khmer Rouge Tribunal’s first and thus far only completed trial, suffered cardiac arrest in the early hours of Saturday, family members said. He was rushed to hospital in Phnom Penh, they said.

“The doctors are closely monitoring his illness and our family has yet to decide whether to send him abroad for treatment,” his son Vann Chan Narong said yesterday.

Vann Nath, Bou Meng and Chum Mey are thought to be the sole surviving victims of Tuol Sleng and have all spoken extensively about the brutality they experienced.