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Khieu Samphan was born in Svay Rieng province to Khieu Long, who served as a judge under the French protectorate government and his wife Por Kong. Samphan was of Khmer-Chinese extraction,^[6][7] having inherited his Chinese heritage from his maternal grandfather.^[8] When Samphan was a young boy, Khieu Long was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to imprisonment, leaving Samphan's mother to take up a living selling fruits and vegetables in Kampong Cham province where he grew up.^[9] Nevertheless, Samphan managed to earn a seat at the Lycée Sisowath and was able to travel to France to pursue his university studies in Economics at the University of Montpellier, after which he earned a PhD at the University of Paris.^[10]