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Defence lawyers for the man who headed the Khmer Rouge's main prison and torture centre are demanding his release.
The defence call came after the accused apologised in Cambodia's war crimes court for his brutal past.
Kaing Guek Eav, better known as comrade Duch, accepted responsibility for supervising the extermination of about 15,000 men, women and children between 1975 and 1979.
His lawyer, Francois Roux, told the UN-backed court that the trial should continue but that Duch should be freed immediately.
He said his client had been held for an illegal length of time following his arrest in 1999.
Mr Roux suggested moving Duch to a safe house for his own protection against possible revenge attacks, by families of some of the up to two million people who died during the Khmer Rouge's rule.
The trial tribunal, sitting in Phnom Penh, will announce next week its decision on whether to release Duch.
The defence call came after the accused apologised in Cambodia's war crimes court for his brutal past.
Kaing Guek Eav, better known as comrade Duch, accepted responsibility for supervising the extermination of about 15,000 men, women and children between 1975 and 1979.
His lawyer, Francois Roux, told the UN-backed court that the trial should continue but that Duch should be freed immediately.
He said his client had been held for an illegal length of time following his arrest in 1999.
Mr Roux suggested moving Duch to a safe house for his own protection against possible revenge attacks, by families of some of the up to two million people who died during the Khmer Rouge's rule.
The trial tribunal, sitting in Phnom Penh, will announce next week its decision on whether to release Duch.
2 comments:
These defence lawyers insult 16000 Khmers were brutally killed under Duch! Duch should be jailed for the rest of his life and so on.
Freed!?
A joke from the stupid frenchmen.
The trial just getting started!
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