ABC News
Prosecutors at the UN-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia are appealing to have additional charges lodged against Comrade Duch, the first of five Khmer Rouge defendants to front court.
The co-prosecutors of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia want Comrade Duch, also known as Kaing Guek Eav, to face murder and torture charges as allowed by Cambodian law.
As it currently stands, the co-investigating judges have sought only to charge him with crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Duch was head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where thousands of people were detained, tortured and killed in the 1970s under the orders of the Khmer Rouge government.
More than 1 million Cambodians died while the Khmer Rouge was in power from 1975 to 1979.
The outcome of this appeal should be known by the end of September.
The tribunal has been wracked with delays and budget.
The trial against Comrade Duch is expected to get underway in October.
Prosecutors at the UN-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia are appealing to have additional charges lodged against Comrade Duch, the first of five Khmer Rouge defendants to front court.
The co-prosecutors of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia want Comrade Duch, also known as Kaing Guek Eav, to face murder and torture charges as allowed by Cambodian law.
As it currently stands, the co-investigating judges have sought only to charge him with crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Duch was head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where thousands of people were detained, tortured and killed in the 1970s under the orders of the Khmer Rouge government.
More than 1 million Cambodians died while the Khmer Rouge was in power from 1975 to 1979.
The outcome of this appeal should be known by the end of September.
The tribunal has been wracked with delays and budget.
The trial against Comrade Duch is expected to get underway in October.
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