VOA News
Washington, DC 26 July 2010
Court considered mitigating circumstances, such as an expression of remorse, cooperation with the court and time servedA U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia has found a former Khmer Rouge leader guilty of numerous crimes against humanity, and ordered him to spend 19 years in prison.
Prosecutors had asked for a 40-year sentence for former prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, better known as "Duch." But the court handed down a sentence of 35 years and then reduced it to 19, considering mitigating circumstances, such as an expression of remorse, cooperation with the court and time served.
He was found guilty for his role in the deaths of at least 14,000 people as the Khmer Rouge's chief torturer three decades ago.
Hundreds of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime gathered outside the courthouse reacted emotionally to the verdict - the first from the war crimes court.
Duch is the first of five senior Khmer Rouge leaders to stand trial for his part in the genocide committed in the 1970s. More than 1.7 million people - a quarter of Cambodia's population - died by starvation, disease, torture and execution.
Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, which has spent more than a decade collating evidence against surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, says the verdict will play an enormous part in helping Cambodians to reconcile their tragic past.
Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot died in 1998.
Duch admitted guilt but said he should be acquitted because he was not a senior leader and was just following orders. Cambodia has no death penalty.
Wow!!, there is bargaining at the court.
ReplyDeleteIm am glad he will go to prison so some justice is served. Yet not TOTAL JUSTICE. How sad indeed,do people every listen to the PEOPLE. They wanted 40 years, but the courts gave him 35 then reduce to 19 years."mitigating circumstances,including remorse" what about the loss and pain do we hear their voices.
ReplyDeletevideo Dutch verdict is here
ReplyDeleteshould put him in the prison for good . waste the MONEY , NO JUSTICE FOR thousands people who get killed by him.
ReplyDeleteThe punishment does'nt fit the crime . According to what he has done, He should get locked up in jail for the rest of his life plus 50 years .
ReplyDelete19 years in jail after he killed almost 20.000 people ? That's a joke .
ReplyDeleteThat's fair, he was forced to torture and kill, more than half of his victims were Khmer rouges themself who killed 2 millions of Khmer republicans, mine included.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, the remain days of his life would be in Pailin near his children..
More leaders haven't been brought to justice and convicted of the killings,"All of the Khmer-Rough members"From the bottom to the tops no onces claim responsible for the deaths of 2.5 millions people died of torture,execution and starvation as well,they all denies the facts or they're say they din't know of the killings or torturing,Give us more justice for all.
ReplyDeleteGenocide throughout the country for 35 years in prison while it sure Certain countries in the world was willing to try again
ReplyDeleteGenocide dans tout le pays entier pour
35 ans en tout en prison c'est sûr que
Certain pays dans ce monde voulait bien réessayer
សាលក្រម សំរាច់ ទាំងអស់ ៣៥ឆ្នាំ ចំពេាះ ការអ្វើបាបសំឡាប់
ប្រជារាស្ត្រខ្មែរទូទាងប្រទេស នេះជាការ អយុត្តិធម័ ទាំង ស្រុង
The deserved to reduce jail term because he cooperation with the court, confession and feeling of remorse of that he did. The other KR leaders who still awaiting trial don't even admit their crime. Those people should be sentence to max life time in prison.
ReplyDeleteI have heard this somewhere:
ReplyDelete"Killing one person is a CRIME, killing thousands is STATISTIC".
Perhaps this is the reason why it has been repeated over and over by human of all races, communists and otherwise.
I'd expect a life prison for Duch! This is a shared shame between the well-known Cambodia judicial system and the UN-back international system.
ReplyDeleteIt really looks like this is more just a make-up show, rather than the real pursuit of justice!
With so much money spent on it so far, i'd rather suggest calling it a quit and use the money for the farmers' agricultural production improvement like building irrigation instead if no acceptable justice can be provided like this case.
It's just a waste of time and money. It's more like a freak show than an international court. I know that this guy was under order from top KR to send those innocent people to their death after inhumane torture but he has Maoist ideology since he was a teacher at Lycee Skoun. Believe me, I was one the students that he wanted to convert to Maoist thru one of his follower and also one of my classmates. He really gets away with 16,000 murders. Now we can see that every court in Cambodia, either Cambodian or mixed, is just a freak show, nothing to do with justice.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wasted time and wasted money! all of those people that he ordered to tortured and killed....16,000-20,000 life? and he got only 19 years in prison?? what's a joke..!!!!?
ReplyDeleteIn US if you took one life you will get atleat 35-40 years in prison...but this guy killed so many life and get only 19 years..??
ReplyDeleteAh job kook duch! Good for you ah rorleay duch!
ReplyDeleteCambodia, the land of EVILS.
ReplyDeleteI am so ashamed to be born Khmer.
There're few good men, but those men can't save Cambodia from the evils.
GOD and Buddha abandonned Khmers, because they are possessed by evils.
Let giant hole of the earth swallow Cambodia and let all be done with it. No more fight and no more killings against one anothers.
This evil should be send to life in prison or stone to death in the public..man!
ReplyDeletePlease, Khmers oversea, listen more to the films talking about justice, most of you have no idea about justice, you are criminal only when you commit crime voluntarily or you commit crime with negligence. Duch did not commit those crimes voluntarily either with negligence, he was imposed to do it..
ReplyDeleteDemocratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
ReplyDeleteMembers:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
"As of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered 10 Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonate bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Vietnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
Well, who the hell imposed Ah Duch then? blamed Vietnam+China? Pol Pot+TaMok+NounChea+IngSary????? Duch was in charged the prison right? you meant to tell me that he's got nothing to do with it?? bullshit..!!!!!
ReplyDelete19 years? is not enough for this killers and his group that shaped KR policy of that time! i hope he will die in prison by the time his 19 years is up. for khmer people, the KR people are unforgivable for what they did to the people, the country, their brutal policy, etc... that's why in cambodia, people would say an eye for an eye. i think khmer people are upset for him to get a light sentence like this! if it's up to the khmer people, this guy is dead already, that's how upset people are! you know, if you lived under the KR, you will understand what i mean; people are upset!
ReplyDeletewhat i see is that court ruling will set a case into the future for those who committed atrocity again in cambodia. the court should send them a strong message that any regime who tolerate such brutality and inhumane activity like the KR will not be tolerated, period. yes, it was history now, however, we have to have some justice for the millions of victims, not to mention my country cambodia was destroyed beyond recognition, etc...!
ReplyDeleteAll Khmer in Cambodia MUST stand up and the Cambodian people outside will support you all. Cambodian MUST learn how to stand up and fight for your freedom, human rights and democracy. Cambodia can't let another dictatoship run Cambodia.
ReplyDeleteWho killed 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples?
ReplyDeletea) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kang Guek Eav
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) Hun Sen...
p) all of above
Source:
DC-CAM
Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is the current Khmer Rouge Regime's leader?
ReplyDeletea) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kang Guek Eav
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) HUN SEN
Fact:
Pol Pot is a Khmer Rouge leader of the Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Regime.
Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge commander of the Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Regime and now, a Khmer Rouge leader of the Cambodian People's Party Khmer Rouge Regime.
Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor Namhong, Keat Chhon, Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka has been summon by the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (EEEC).
from this picture and look, duch won't live long in prison because he has jaudice, a liver disease, and it will kill him before his 19 years is up!
ReplyDeleteWhich one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is chief of Boeung Trabek prison?
ReplyDeletea) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kang Guek Eav
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) HOR NAMHONG
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) Hun Sen
Source:
DC-CAM
We don't want him die quickly! we want him to suffering little by little...remembered those victims were tortured: using plier to pull the finger nails, toe nails? cut their stomach open and bled to death..? place a car tire on people neck and burn them alive..?
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