For example, Ieng Sary is said to have been personally responsible for summoning back Cambodian students and diplomats from abroad.

CNN: BIG BURDEN

Also treated with respect was former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary, who received a limited royal pardon in 1996 and now lives peacefully in Pailin in western Cambodia.

CNN: BIG BURDEN

In 1996, Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk pardoned Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary for his role in the "killing fields" era of the 1970s when about a million Cambodians were slain.

CNN: Monday,

Two years ago, the king, under pressure from the Cambodian government, pardoned Ieng Sary, who had once been Pol Pot's foreign minister, but had more recently become a useful go-between in arranging defections.

ECONOMIST: Cambodia

But his close associate and relation, Ieng Sary, who held the post of deputy prime minister and foreign minister in his regime, is very much alive and a prominent personality in Phnom Penh, the capital.

ECONOMIST: Justice is slow to catch up with the former Khmers Rouges

Interviews in Lebanon by Ghadi Sary.

BBC: Tamar natural gas platform, 2013