Phnom Penh
30 January 2009
Two films of Tuol Sleng prison provided to researchers by the Vietnamese government could become evidence in Khmer Rouge tribunal proceedings against the prison’s former chief.
Two deputy prosecutors for the Khmer Rouge tribunal made a motion to the Trial Chamber to allow two films to be entered as new evidence in the atrocity trial of prison chief Duch.
The Trial Chamber must decide by Feb. 17 whether to add the films, which include footage of Tuol Sleng prison shot by Vietnamese soldiers as they entered Phnom Penh in January 1979 as they pushed the Khmer Rouge from power.
The films depict the bodies of prisoners, some of them decapitated, as well as different types of cells, torture devices, shackles and other restraints. One film shows a Vietnamese soldier carrying a weak child out of the prison in his arms and two more child survivors.
The films are two among 20, totaling 480 minutes of footage, that have so far been submitted to the Documentation Center of Cambodia by the Vietnamese.
Duch, 66, whose real name is Kaing Kek Iev, will be tried in March on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and murder for his role as chief of the prison, known to the Khmer Rouge by it’s alphanumeric code S-21.
“The films provided by the Vietnamese government through DC-Cam are related to the indictment against Duch,” the deputy prosecutors, Yeth Chakrya and William Smith, said in their motion to the Trial Chamber. “Those documents are very interesting for finding out the truth about S-21.”
Judge Nil Nonn, head of the Trial Chamber, confirmed he had received the motion, which was filed Jan. 28 and published on the tribunal’s Web site Friday.
The motion will be decided on during the initial trial hearing on Feb. 17, Nil Nonn said.
Two deputy prosecutors for the Khmer Rouge tribunal made a motion to the Trial Chamber to allow two films to be entered as new evidence in the atrocity trial of prison chief Duch.
The Trial Chamber must decide by Feb. 17 whether to add the films, which include footage of Tuol Sleng prison shot by Vietnamese soldiers as they entered Phnom Penh in January 1979 as they pushed the Khmer Rouge from power.
The films depict the bodies of prisoners, some of them decapitated, as well as different types of cells, torture devices, shackles and other restraints. One film shows a Vietnamese soldier carrying a weak child out of the prison in his arms and two more child survivors.
The films are two among 20, totaling 480 minutes of footage, that have so far been submitted to the Documentation Center of Cambodia by the Vietnamese.
Duch, 66, whose real name is Kaing Kek Iev, will be tried in March on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and murder for his role as chief of the prison, known to the Khmer Rouge by it’s alphanumeric code S-21.
“The films provided by the Vietnamese government through DC-Cam are related to the indictment against Duch,” the deputy prosecutors, Yeth Chakrya and William Smith, said in their motion to the Trial Chamber. “Those documents are very interesting for finding out the truth about S-21.”
Judge Nil Nonn, head of the Trial Chamber, confirmed he had received the motion, which was filed Jan. 28 and published on the tribunal’s Web site Friday.
The motion will be decided on during the initial trial hearing on Feb. 17, Nil Nonn said.
10 comments:
We people khmer ,we have some film for you ECCC as below:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=sihanouk&aq=f
What a pathetic Vietnam scape goat?
The killing field master mind and creator is Viet Nam,and ah Pol Pot was setting up,but ah SIHAKNUK know every thing but this coward former king cover every thing up.
If ah sdach jkout has the ball he must tell us your ppl the truth B4 you die in hell
Hanoi gave birth to Khmer Rouge, endoctrinated them to kill khmer people for them, armed th KR. and then Hanoi invaded Cambodia in the pretext of SAVE CAMBODIANS from the KR, but the reality is the VIETNAMISATION of Cambodia as it ws the goal of Ho Chi Minh.
Open your eyes and your brain, all Khmers for the survival of our RACE AND NATION.
Only if people had read:
http://khmer-heroes.blogspot.com
9:23
How many people knew about this longer strategy for century to swallow our beloved country ? for me, at least 50% and 20%/50% are strongly know since 1953, Hanoi
who supported KR {illegal invaion) Vs LON NOL 70-75's.Finally,they supported CPP Vs KR 77-79's(illegal invasion} who's the winner??? Pls.don't dream to be a winner on fair election in Cambodia ?
Not many people know and understand about Vietname strategy, I agree Yourn the only one give idea and have plan creat all this problem. Our Nation have been took away for long time, but have know one stand up and try to protect at all. Vietname try to support Cambodian government just try to make them look good, We all know Vietname goverment is the one pushed the Khmer Rouge all along from dayone.
Vietcong evidences are not admissible!
Hope the film evidence will set Duch free. After all there is no crime in doing your job as an executioner. Every country that has capital punishment has executioner to carry out the sentence just like Duch did.
9:43 PM
The winner is/was 1)- Youn, Youn got rich by stollen everything from Cambodia prepared stock piles by internal khmer-rouge-vietminh-vietcong.
2)- Sihanouk become Sdach again by supporting it former opponent khmer-vietminh-vietcong.
Send Ah Duch along with his collaborators to Hell before they die. Don’t let them get away for what they did and justice will reveal the truth.
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