Prison chief Kaing Kek Iev (L), or Duch, could confront Khmer Rouge ideologue Nuon Chea (R), in a hearing this weekend.By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
18 November 2008
Investigating judges of the Khmer Rouge tribunal hope to hold a nonpublic hearing wherein two former regime leaders will confront each other, a judge said.
Tuol Sleng prison chief Kaing Kek Iev will confront the senior-most surviving leader, Nuon Chea, investigating judge You Bunleng said.
The two will need to give concurrent testimony over accusations made by Kaing Kek Iev, better known as Duch, that Nuon Chea masterminded the killings of Tuol Sleng, where at least 12,000 people were interned before being executed, sources said.
“We need to make it transparent, as one has accused the other,” You Bunleng said. He would not confirm the nature of the accusations or the date of the inquiry.
Sources said the hearing could be held this weekend.
Duch defense lawyer Ka Savuth confirmed a hearing was planned, but he declined to give any details.
Nuon Chea’s defender, Son Arun, said he was consulting with this international counterpart and client about the judges’ plan, but he declined to elaborate.
If either defendant refuses a confrontation, “I could not force them,” You Bunleng said.
Duch, who faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is expected to be the first of five leaders to face trial, early in 2009. He was the direct subordinate of Son Sen, the Khmer Rouge’s minister of defense, who died in Anlong Veng in 1997 and reported to Nuon Chea.
Nuon Chea was Pol Pot’s lieutenant, and went by the name “Brother No. 2.”
Tuol Sleng prison chief Kaing Kek Iev will confront the senior-most surviving leader, Nuon Chea, investigating judge You Bunleng said.
The two will need to give concurrent testimony over accusations made by Kaing Kek Iev, better known as Duch, that Nuon Chea masterminded the killings of Tuol Sleng, where at least 12,000 people were interned before being executed, sources said.
“We need to make it transparent, as one has accused the other,” You Bunleng said. He would not confirm the nature of the accusations or the date of the inquiry.
Sources said the hearing could be held this weekend.
Duch defense lawyer Ka Savuth confirmed a hearing was planned, but he declined to give any details.
Nuon Chea’s defender, Son Arun, said he was consulting with this international counterpart and client about the judges’ plan, but he declined to elaborate.
If either defendant refuses a confrontation, “I could not force them,” You Bunleng said.
Duch, who faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is expected to be the first of five leaders to face trial, early in 2009. He was the direct subordinate of Son Sen, the Khmer Rouge’s minister of defense, who died in Anlong Veng in 1997 and reported to Nuon Chea.
Nuon Chea was Pol Pot’s lieutenant, and went by the name “Brother No. 2.”
11 comments:
Ah tmilh tell the world who are your boss?
These two guys are fake Cambodian and the killed mass people.
Imagine today in CPP's administraioin there more than these two old farts.
Khmer PP,
Khmer Rouge think they are smart but actually they are so stupid including Ah Hun Sen and his clans. The 4 years rein under Khmer Rouge regime, the killing of ordinary Khmer citizens was horrible. When come to battle against the Vietnamese tanks, Khmer Rouge were just chicken.
NO, they are not chicken!
They are turkey!
Former KR,
Don't let TRAITOR SIHANOUK get away .He was with the khmer rouge from 1970--1975 as their accomplice.
Hun Back Sihaknuk ,Sihaknuk cover Hun because they came from dirty school Hanoi ,two of them sold thei head to Viet and one of them getting worse by sleeping with viet wife
why the world only judge mass massacre industrial workers like duc, pol pot or noun Chea, and not those who trained, supported and guided these people to lead genocide against Khmer to free land for yuons and to serve yuon ancestral expansionist and genocidal policy?
I think to speed thing faster...we can just cooked those Khmer Rouge gangs. No need to spend uncessary funding for the trial. The funding should be allocated to assist the orphanage and increasing salary for teachers in Cambodia. It's my take on the issue.
bloody noun chea, Bol Bot and his gang thought they are forever at the top and never thought of the day like this, and now ah sen and his ganag are thinking the same thing......the khmer people will have their day one day, it is sooner than anyone's dream.
They don't look like Vietnamese to me.
A lot of my family members died during this darkness regime. Before sending them to HELL, maybe it would be nice if we can put these clowns in a boxing ring to fight each other. A looser will then be hung in public and a winner will be throw in jail to serve their jail term.
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