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Khmer Rouge survivor, painter Bou Meng dies

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center in the Southeast Asian country in the late 1970s, has died. He was 85.

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Reports & sources

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85 (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85

  2. The Boston Globe

    Bou Meng, rare survivor of Khmer Rouge torture house, dies at 85 (opens The Boston Globe)

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    One of only a handful of prisoners to survive the Khmer Rouge interrogation and torture house Tuol Sleng, he would later offer testimony to the atrocities at a museum at the site of Tuol Sleng.

  3. The Diplomat

    Bou Meng, Survivor of Khmer Rouge Security Prison, Dies Aged 85 (opens The Diplomat)

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    The painter was one of 14,000-plus men, women, and children who were sent to S-21 between 1975 and 1979 – and one of just a handful to survive.

  4. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Khmer Rouge survivor, painter Bou Meng dies (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center in the Southeast Asian country in the late 1970s, has died. He was 85.

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