ABC Radio Australia
The first trial of a Khmer Rouge leader has opened in Cambodia.
The special United Nations and Cambodia tribunal will try ex-prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Comrade Duch.
The 66-year-old is accused of torturing and ordering the killing of 15,000 people in Tuol Sleng prison, which served as the Khmer Rouge's main interrogation centre from 1975 to 1979.
A survivor of the prison, Bou Meng, says he will tell the court what he went through and witnessed when he appears at the trial.
"They beat me in many different ways, with sticks, with whips," he said.
"I was given electric shocks, I still have the scars today."
The tribunal was established in 2006 to try the leaders of the Kmer Rouge regime, which is responsible for the deaths of two million people.
Opening arguments and witness testimony are expected next month.
Four other senior Khmer Rouge cadres are set to face trial later this year and another six are being investigated.
The special United Nations and Cambodia tribunal will try ex-prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Comrade Duch.
The 66-year-old is accused of torturing and ordering the killing of 15,000 people in Tuol Sleng prison, which served as the Khmer Rouge's main interrogation centre from 1975 to 1979.
A survivor of the prison, Bou Meng, says he will tell the court what he went through and witnessed when he appears at the trial.
"They beat me in many different ways, with sticks, with whips," he said.
"I was given electric shocks, I still have the scars today."
The tribunal was established in 2006 to try the leaders of the Kmer Rouge regime, which is responsible for the deaths of two million people.
Opening arguments and witness testimony are expected next month.
Four other senior Khmer Rouge cadres are set to face trial later this year and another six are being investigated.
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