 Many political prisoners did not live to tell their stories of abuse and torture at the hands of the communist regime.It was learned that Amnesty International's Japanese chapter negotiated Salath Rasasack's release from the political prison after 16 years.On November 13, 1991 Rasasack was reunited with his family, wife Chansouk Manibod Rasasack (daughter of Phagna Tha Manibod-former Chief Justice for the Kingdom of Laos, former Mayor and Governor of Laos), sons, Salysanh Rasasack, Souksanh Rasasack, Sacksith Rasasack and daughter, Soukhy Mont d'Or Rasasack Clark (former Miss Memphis Lao Sport, 1987).