Saturday, 14 May 2011
| Reach Sambath, a seasoned reporter, revered journalism mentor and an
important public liaison for the Khmer Rouge tribunal to the public,
died on Wednesday from an apparent stroke. Reach Sambath started his career as a reporter for the Agence France-Presse, where he earned the respect of his fellow journalists and sources alike. He studied under a prestigious scholarship at Columbia University in New York before becoming a journalism instructor at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. |
At his funeral Thursday, he brother, Sob Reach Samnang, said the
two had survived the Khmer Rouge, even as their parents and other
family members perished. "We were together from our youth until now,"
he said. "Now that we were in a comfortable life, he died easily."
VOA Khmer's Kong Sothanarith and Say Mony report from Phnom Penh.
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