S-21 victim (Photo: EPA)
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief, Kaing Guek Eav (right), talks with his defence lawyer, Francois Roux Photo: AFP/ GETTY IMAGES The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer has finally faced a court more than 30 years after he is said to have overseen the murder and torture of more than 15,000 Cambodians.
17 Feb 2009
By Thomas Bell in Phnom Penh
The Telegraph (UK)
Kaing Guek Eav, 66, better known as Comrade Duch, was executioner for the ultra-Maoist regime which devastated Cambodia in the late 1970s.
The former maths teacher is accused of torturing and then murdering thousands of men, women and children incarcerated at the prison he ran in a former Phnom Penh high school.
Chief judge Nil Nonn told the court and a packed public gallery of 500 witnesses: "This first hearing represents the realisation of significant efforts in establishing a fair and independent tribunal to try those in senior leadership positions."
17 Feb 2009
By Thomas Bell in Phnom Penh
The Telegraph (UK)
Kaing Guek Eav, 66, better known as Comrade Duch, was executioner for the ultra-Maoist regime which devastated Cambodia in the late 1970s.
The former maths teacher is accused of torturing and then murdering thousands of men, women and children incarcerated at the prison he ran in a former Phnom Penh high school.
Chief judge Nil Nonn told the court and a packed public gallery of 500 witnesses: "This first hearing represents the realisation of significant efforts in establishing a fair and independent tribunal to try those in senior leadership positions."
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