Wednesday, 21 January 2009

First Khmer Rouge trial to start mid-February

Former prison chief Kaing Guek Eav -- better known as Duch -- listens to evidence in December 2008. Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal has set February 17 as the start date for the long-awaited first trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders accused of atrocities in the 1970s.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)

Former Khmer Rouge prison chief S-21, Kaing Guek Eav better known as "Duch" (C) stands in a dock in the court room at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh in December. Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal on Monday officially set February 17 as the start date for the long-awaited first trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders accused of atrocities in the 1970s.(AFP/File/Mak Remissa)

The Cambodian national flag is reflected on a memorial stupa filled with the skulls of more than 8,000 Khmer Rouge victims at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, January 20, 2009. A U.N.-backed court in Cambodia will start its first trial next month of a former interrogator of the Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the "Killing Fields" over 30 years ago.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

A Buddhist monk looks at a memorial stupa filled with the skulls of more than 8,000 Khmer Rouge victims at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, January 20, 2009. A U.N.-backed court in Cambodia will start its first trial next month of a former interrogator of the Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the "Killing Fields" over 30 years ago.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

A Buddhist monk takes a photo of a memorial stupa filled with the skulls of more than 8,000 Khmer Rouge victims at Choeung Ek, a "Killing Fields" site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, January 20, 2009. A U.N.-backed court in Cambodia will start its first trial next month of a former interrogator of the Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people in the "Killing Fields" over 30 years ago.REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)

A panel of judges attends a hearing at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh in December. Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal on Monday officially set February 17 as the start date for the long-awaited first trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders accused of atrocities in the 1970s.(AFP/File/Mak Remissa)

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