Chad Drummond
DC International Affairs Examiner (San Francisco, California, USA)
Thirty-one years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, a senior figure in the regime, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his involvement in killing thousands of men, women and children.
Duch, tried for crimes against humanity by a U.N.-backed Cambodian court, was the first major figure of the Khmer Rouge to face trial for his actions. The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, killing millions of people in its failed attempt to establish a utopian agrarian society. Other major regime figures, including leader Pol Pot, died before they could be brought to trial.
Duch admitted to overseeing the torture and deaths of as many as 15,000 people, while head of the secret Tuol Sleng prison. Though the prosecution in the case asked for a 40-year sentence, the court gave Duch 35 for his crimes. To put this into perspective, his sentence for crimes against humanity is comparable to that for certain cocaine offenses in the United States. His future jail time was reduced to accommodate for time he spent being held illegally, in addition to the number of years he had already spent in prison. Duch, now 67 years of age, will therefore only be incarcerated for an additional 19 years.
Relatives of the Khmer Rouge’s victims were understandably disappointed about the sentencing. However, the ramifications of the court’s decisions extend beyond Cambodia. Duch serving less than a day for each life he took is not just a slap in the face to the families of all his victims, but is an affront to the very concept of justice.
Duch, tried for crimes against humanity by a U.N.-backed Cambodian court, was the first major figure of the Khmer Rouge to face trial for his actions. The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, killing millions of people in its failed attempt to establish a utopian agrarian society. Other major regime figures, including leader Pol Pot, died before they could be brought to trial.
Duch admitted to overseeing the torture and deaths of as many as 15,000 people, while head of the secret Tuol Sleng prison. Though the prosecution in the case asked for a 40-year sentence, the court gave Duch 35 for his crimes. To put this into perspective, his sentence for crimes against humanity is comparable to that for certain cocaine offenses in the United States. His future jail time was reduced to accommodate for time he spent being held illegally, in addition to the number of years he had already spent in prison. Duch, now 67 years of age, will therefore only be incarcerated for an additional 19 years.
Relatives of the Khmer Rouge’s victims were understandably disappointed about the sentencing. However, the ramifications of the court’s decisions extend beyond Cambodia. Duch serving less than a day for each life he took is not just a slap in the face to the families of all his victims, but is an affront to the very concept of justice.
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Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison?
a) 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
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DC-CAM
Fact:
During the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime;
There are 196 prisons.
There are 196 prison chiefs.
There are 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples killed by the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kang Guek Eav
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka
Hun Sen...
Kang Guek Eav is a prison chief of Toul Sleng prison.
The UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (EEEC) must indict 195 other prison chiefs.
"I will not allow the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (EEEC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders, I rather let the court fail."
"Indict more Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders will lead the country into a civil war."
Sammaak Mirt Hun Sen
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders
Sammaak Mirt Hun Sen will no allow the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (EEEC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders who is responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.
Sammaak Mirt Hun Sen threaten to turn Cambodia into the Killing Fields all over again.
War with whom?
War with innocent Khmer peoples without weapon?
Once a Khmer Rouge, always a Khmer Rouge.
Khmer Rouge(s) continue to kill innocent Khmer peoples.
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
"Duch (Kang Guek Eav) 19 years sentence is too short and not fit his crimes."
Sammaak Mirt Hor Namhong
Prison Chief of Boeung Trabek prison
What's Hor Namhong trying to do is, he want the whole world to know that he is not a Khmer Rouge and a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison.
Hor Namhong is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison.
Source: Phnom Penh Post
Hor Namhong said to the French judge that he is not a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison, in fact members of his family was killed by Khmer Rouge(s).
Hor Namhong can lies all he want, at the end, he got summoned and will get indict, prosecute, convict and sentence.
Criminals likes to lies.
The place where criminals lies the most is inside the court room in front of the judge(s).
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