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Gang Members Convicted in Ngor Killing

Three gang members were found guilty by Los Angeles juries today of the robbery-murder of Haing S. Ngor--the Cambodian refugee who won Oscar gold for his acting debut in 1984's The Killing Fields, a film about the atrocities in his native land.

The verdicts came on the same day reports from Cambodia said Pol Pot, the leader of the brutal Khmer Rouge, died of heart failure.

A reel-life version of Pot's brutal regime was depicted in The Killing Fields. In real life, the Khmer Rouge cost Ngor a part of a finger and his wife--she reportedly died during child birth as Pot's agents refused help.

In the end, Ngor's own private killing field was the driveway outside his Chinatown home near downtown L.A.

Prosecutors said a trio of gang members shot Ngor, 55, on the night of February 25, 1996. The reputed motive: Robbery. A $6,000 Rolex watch and a gold locket containing a picture of Ngor's late wife were reported missing from his body.

The gang members needed quick cash to buy crack cocaine, prosecutors said.

Convicted on charges of first-degree murder and second-degree robbery: Tak Sun Tan, 21; Jason Chan, 20; and Indra Lim, 20.

Ngor fled Cambodia in 1980. A doctor by training, he amassed modest film credits following his turn in the Killing Fields. Other screen work includes: Heaven and Earth and My Life.

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