PHNOM PEHN, Cambodia (AP) — Former Cambodian Prime Minister Pen Sovann, who was installed then imprisoned by the Vietnamese after they defeated the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, has died. He was 80.
Pen Sovann was the country’s first post-Khmer Rouge prime minister, holding the office from June to December 1981, when it was known as the People’s Republic of Kampuchea. He died Saturday night from an illness in his hometown in southern Takeo province.
More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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