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The families of Cambodians murdered by the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s will find out today how the trials against the alleged perpetrators will be carried out.
South East Asia Correspondent Karen Percy reports for the past week members of the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia have been finalising the rules and regulations which will govern the numerous cases against defendants in the Khmer Rouge trials.
Today they'll announce a decision on that process. As many as three-million Cambodians were killed during the Khmer Rouge's rule of the country from April 1975 to January 1979.
Some of the people were murdered, others died from starvation or disease.
The Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot, died in 1998, and other senior figures have also died.
Fewer than ten members of the group are expected to go before the courts, when the trials begin in the middle of next year.
South East Asia Correspondent Karen Percy reports for the past week members of the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia have been finalising the rules and regulations which will govern the numerous cases against defendants in the Khmer Rouge trials.
Today they'll announce a decision on that process. As many as three-million Cambodians were killed during the Khmer Rouge's rule of the country from April 1975 to January 1979.
Some of the people were murdered, others died from starvation or disease.
The Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot, died in 1998, and other senior figures have also died.
Fewer than ten members of the group are expected to go before the courts, when the trials begin in the middle of next year.
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