{{Short description|Khmer Rouge commander}} {{family name hatnote|lang=Cambodian|Chhouk|Rin}} '''Chhouk Rin''' is a former Khmer Rouge commander. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of three tourists, Australian David Wilson, 29, Briton Mark Slater, 28, and Frenchman Jean-Michel Braquet, 27 at Phnom Voar in 1994. In 2005, he escaped to Phnom Penh where he evaded capture because he believed that Sam Bith and Nuon Paet are the guilty ones.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Hostage-killer-taunts-authorities/2005/03/14/1110649123775.html |title=Hostage killer taunts authorities |author=Connie Levett |work=The Age |date=March 15, 2005 |place=Bangkok |accessdate=November 26, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726125813/http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Hostage-killer-taunts-authorities/2005/03/14/1110649123775.html |url-status=live |archivedate=July 26, 2011 }}</ref> After he was captured, he lost an appeal to overturn the ruling that sentenced him to life imprisonment in Prey Sar prison.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 27, 2005 |accessdate=January 16, 2009 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/10/27/2003277567 |title=Ex-guerrilla commander heads for jail |agency=AFP |work=Taipei Times |url-status=live |archivedate=June 7, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607223956/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/10/27/2003277567 }}</ref>
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