Sam Sary

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Sam. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Sary.
Sam Sary
សម សារី
Born6 March 1917
Kampong Speu, Cambodia, French Indochina
Disappeared1962
SpouseIn Em
ChildrenSam Rainsy
Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
January 1958 – 1959
Appointed byNorodom Sihanouk
Personal details
Political partySangkum

Sam Sary (Khmer: សម សារី; 6 March 1917 – late 1962) was a Cambodian politician who participated in the so-called Bangkok Plot against Prince Norodom Sihanouk.[1] He was a son of Sam Nhean, a prominent politician in the 1940s, and father of Sam Rainsy, the leader of Cambodia's main opposition party. He was a close confidant of the then Prince Norodom Sihanouk, but had a falling-out with the Prince when he was exposed in corruption, selling import licenses and a second time during his tenure as a Cambodian ambassador to London in 1958, for beating his pregnant servant. He was alleged to have beaten her so badly that she escaped to the protection of the London police. The scandal made headlines in the London tabloids and he was recalled to Cambodia and stripped of all of his duties.[2] He disappeared mysteriously in 1962.

  1. ^ David Chandler, A History of Cambodia; 3rd ed. 2003, p. 273
  2. ^ "CAMBODIA: Sam the Whipper". Time. TIME Magazine. 21 July 1958. Retrieved 17 July 2017 – via content.time.com.