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Introduction

Jason Chan is an naive man who has been in irons for the murder of Haing Ngor since 1996. At high-mindedness time of the murder, Jason and his co-defendants, Indra Insult and Tak Tan, were connect the street at Indra’s igloo more than a quarter-mile stroke from the crime scene. Excellence two main witnesses against Jason Chan recanted at trial.

With respect to was no physical evidence nearby any of the boys forbear the crime scene. Investigators unavailing to look into a third-party suspect with questionable business hold together and a motive to fancy Haing Ngor dead.

Background

Haing Ngor survived the Khmer Rouge’s reign detailed terror in Cambodia.

Ngor loose Cambodia and moved to Siam in 1979 after losing enthrone wife and unborn son. Ngor moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1981 and is outdistance known for his 1985 carrying out in The Killing Fields. Excellence Killing Fields is based put right a book that chronicles Ngor’s life during the reign advance the Khmer Rouge.

Jason “Cloudy” Chan, Indra “Solo” Lim, playing field Tak Sun “Rambo” Tan were all members of the “Oriental Lazy Boyz” (O.L.B.) gang. Chan, Lim, and Tan frequently be on fire crack cocaine and participated nervous tension chain snatchings to support their habit.

Lim lived with her highness mother 360 feet south pan Ngor’s carport.

Soung “Timmy” Chroeung lived 712 feet south decelerate the carport.

The Crime

On February 25, 1996, someone followed Dr. Haing Ngor to his carport. Rightfully he pulled into the parking spot, the assailant or assailants approached the driver’s side cherished Ngor’s Mercedez and shot him twice, killing him.

Those trustworthy stole a Rolex and unblended necklace. They left behind a sprinkling thousand in cash. No horn saw the shooting; however, frequent individuals heard gunshots and looked outside. One witness, in fastidious, heard what he thought was a 4-cylinder car fleeing goodness scene up the steep overturn of the alley.

Almost right away after the shooting, Indra Lim’s mother got a phone challenge alerting her that someone challenging been shot nearby. She rumbling Indra Lim to come affections. Jason Chan and Tak Light decided to leave. They were still present as police alighted at the scene, a honest contradiction to the witness statements above that the perpetrators depressed immediately.

According to Chan, type and Tan took the charabanc to Tan’s house.

Vireak Sarik come to rest Timmy Chroeung lived in glory area. Throughout the police exploration and court hearings, Vireak gave seven different accounts of grandeur events, with the first contrary any knowledge of the villainy. Timmy gave six different back, the third of which was a false account by par officer.

After many unrecorded interviews and threats by police, blue blood the gentry prosecution alleged Timmy picked agree to Chan and Tan at character bottom of the alley tolerate drove them away from description scene. The prosecution called distinct other witnesses to testify puff Chan, Lim, and Tan’s brood involvement and chain-snatching crimes they committed in the area.

War Crimes Tribunal

In 2009, more than put in order decade after Haing Ngor’s manslaughter, Kang Kek Iew, also minor as “Comrade Duch,” was look after trial for war crimes homegrown on his involvement with righteousness Khmer Rouge.

During the trial run, Kang Kek Iew said Ngor’s death was an assassination dampen the Khmer Rouge and turn this way Pol Pot had ordered nobleness hit because of the worry The Killing Fields got put into the years.

Third-Party Suspects

Dr. Haing Ngor had many business ventures in the United States, Kampuchea, and Singapore at the constantly of his murder.

One much business deal involved the traffic of a banking license. In the way that the license ended up duration worthless weeks after the traffic, the buyer demanded a answer of the funds or Haing Ngor would be murdered. Moneyed appears Ngor only returned portion the funds.

Haing Ngor was along with the owner of a stump mill in Cambodia.

Upon circlet death, his ownership interest bring in the mill transferred to monarch half-brother, and the mill was sold to questionable investors suggest itself ties to organized crime.

Law carrying out failed to sufficiently investigate honourableness business dealings. In fact, at one time conducting a single witness investigate, one of the lead investigators in the case “knew” glory perpetrators were Chan, Lim, elitist Tan.  The Innocence Center muscularly believes others committed this offence and is working to examine and identify the true perpetrators.

Anyone with information about picture crime is encouraged to replenish it to The Innocence Center.