Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Lawyers for civil parties request new preliminary investigations in Duch case

16-02-2009
By Stéphanie Gée
Ka-set in English


Lawyers for the victims who registered as civil parties to the first trial due to open at the Khmer Rouge tribunal – that of the former chief of interrogation centre S-21, Duch – have requested the launch of “immediate and serious” supplementary investigations to document the crime of forced marriage organised under the control of Duch. They filed this request last week with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), after collecting evidence that at least one mass wedding was organised in a re-education camp that was directly subordinated to Duch. Their submission was made public in a press release on Saturday February 14th.

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