Second Prime Minister Hun Sen made the announcement in the southern province of Kampot, where Australian David Wilson, 29; Briton Mark Slater, 26; and Frenchman Jean Michel Braquet, 27, were held for three months before being killed, Information Minister Ieng Mouly said.
He and other officials went with Hun Sen to Kampot, where Khmer Rouge defectors reported that the men had been executed and buried Sept. 28.
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