a tribute to haing s. nogr, who died in 1996.

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trial: [url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/07/08/court_reinstates_convictions_in_ngor_case?mode=PF][b]court reinstates convictions in ngor case[/b][/url]

haing s. ngor, a native of cambodia, appeared in his first 1984 film [url=http://http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087553/][i]the killing fields[/i][/url], a reminiscent of the massacre that took place in cambodia during the 1970s.

before the war he was a physician and a medical officer in the cambodian army. after becoming a captive of the khmer rouge, he was imprisoned and tortured - in order to escape execution he denied being a doctor or having an education. he moved to the u.s. as a refugee in 1980, and was chosen to protray photographer dith pran in the film, in which he won an academy award for best supporting actor (1985)

ngor continued to work with human right organizations in cambodia on improving conditions in resettlement camps, as well as attempting to bring the perpetrators of the cambodian massacre to justice.

he was gunned down in his front yard in los angeles by gang members on february 25, 1996 because he refused to give up a gold locket containing a picture of his late wife who had been allowed to die in childbirth by soldiers in 1975.

[url=http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol27/vol27n21/n10.html]haing ngor: witness for cambodia, champion to peace[/url]
[url=http://www.filmsite.org/kill.html]the killing fields (1984)[/url]

[i]Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist convering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the Americans forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.[/i]