Haing experienced extraordinary success in the entertainment industry after settling in the U.S., but did he make enemies along the way? Just as he pulled into his carport one evening, before he even had a chance to get out of the car, he was shot in the chest and killed. However, the gunman sped away without taking the thousands of dollars in cash Haing had on him at the time. Three men were charged with his murder...based on no physical evidence whatsoever.
Episode Sources:
“A Cambodian Odyssey” by Haing Ngor with Roger Warner, 1987
“Khmer Rouge: Cambodia's years of brutality” BBC, Nov 16, 2018
“World Report 2024: Cambodia” Human Rights Watch
“Cambodia 1975-1979” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
“Khmer Rouge Ideology” Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
“For Haing Ngor, Sorrow Marks a Return Home” by Elizabeth Lu, Los Angeles Times, Sep 12, 1989
“`KILLING FIELDS' OF L.A. CLAIM CAMBODIAN HERO” Deseret News, AP, Mar 03, 1996
“The day Haing S. Ngor won the Oscar” by Roger Ebert, Dec 14, 2012
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