By F.C.
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
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On Tuesday 28 April, Alex Bates, the ECCC co-prosecutor, questioned Duch at great length on his attempt to quit his security work to join the industrial sector.
With insistence, the British co-prosecutor tried to make Duch recognized the fact that he never clearly expressed to his superior his disgust for the torture work which he performed under the security services.
Duch replied: “There is a saying in Khmer: ‘Does one have to peel an onion to see its heart?’ I did not have to tell Chang An (his boss) that I hated security [work], he knew it. I did not dare say how much I hated security [work], not even to him.”
Duch also denied that he was fascinated by torture and he renewed his apologies: “I served as a dictatorial tool of the party, I bow to the Chamber and the Nation to recognize my guilt.”
With insistence, the British co-prosecutor tried to make Duch recognized the fact that he never clearly expressed to his superior his disgust for the torture work which he performed under the security services.
Duch replied: “There is a saying in Khmer: ‘Does one have to peel an onion to see its heart?’ I did not have to tell Chang An (his boss) that I hated security [work], he knew it. I did not dare say how much I hated security [work], not even to him.”
Duch also denied that he was fascinated by torture and he renewed his apologies: “I served as a dictatorial tool of the party, I bow to the Chamber and the Nation to recognize my guilt.”
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