He Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields Only To Be Murdered In Hawaii. Who Did It? - Honolulu Civil Beat He Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields Only To Be Murdered In Hawaii. Who Did It? The 2010 beating death of Charlys Ty Tang has led to convictions, a defendant’s disavowal of his earlier testimony, an appeals court reversal and, at long last, a new trial. Reading time: 21 minutes. Charlys Ty Tang was only 5 when the Khmer Rouge took control in Cambodia. Ty’s family, like millions of others, was forcibly evacuated to the countryside, from the capital of Phnom Penh to a northwestern province.