SEEKING JUSTICE: Rob Hamill testifies the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts of Cambodia in 2009. (AFP/Getty Images)14/07/2010
NZPA
New Zealand rower Rob Hamill is going to Cambodia to be in court for the sentencing of the Khmer Rouge henchman who headed the prison where his brother Kerry was tortured and killed.
Kerry Hamill ended up at the S-21 or Tuol Sleng prison headed by Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, when the yacht he and friends were sailing strayed into Cambodian waters on August 13 1978.
One crewman, Canadian Stuart Glass, was shot while Mr Hamill and Briton John Dewhirst were taken for interrogation and torture for two months before being killed.
Mr Hamill testified at the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on July 26 last year - the 31st anniversary of his brother's abduction. The ECCC is a joint Cambodia-United Nations court and former New Zealand Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright is one of the judges.
"Nearly two million Cambodians were killed during the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979," Mr Hamill said in a statement.
"I only hope that this verdict brings some sense of justice to those who have suffered so much and waited so long."
A documentary is being made about Mr Hamill's experience.
Led by Pol Pot, who died in 1998, the Khmer Rouge sought to set up a communist utopia. Up to two million people died from starvation, overwork, torture or execution during the 1975-1979 regime.
Kerry Hamill ended up at the S-21 or Tuol Sleng prison headed by Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, when the yacht he and friends were sailing strayed into Cambodian waters on August 13 1978.
One crewman, Canadian Stuart Glass, was shot while Mr Hamill and Briton John Dewhirst were taken for interrogation and torture for two months before being killed.
Mr Hamill testified at the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on July 26 last year - the 31st anniversary of his brother's abduction. The ECCC is a joint Cambodia-United Nations court and former New Zealand Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright is one of the judges.
"Nearly two million Cambodians were killed during the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979," Mr Hamill said in a statement.
"I only hope that this verdict brings some sense of justice to those who have suffered so much and waited so long."
A documentary is being made about Mr Hamill's experience.
Led by Pol Pot, who died in 1998, the Khmer Rouge sought to set up a communist utopia. Up to two million people died from starvation, overwork, torture or execution during the 1975-1979 regime.
7 comments:
mr hamill, since you speak excellent english. ask duch to explain why stupid KR regime liked to kill educated khmer people, etc? why they chose killing people over educating them or other forms of reprimand, etc.? mr. hamill, you can represent khmer victims and more. god bless you and cambodia.
ទៅ មើល ព្រះគោ ក្នុង ស្រុក ;នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា
Yuon Chhear KrorPeu,Hahaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrBbRN-5YOA&feature=related
11:44 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
May Buddha save this World.
Sithi Monus,Sithi Satv
http://www.etapasvi.com/en/video/show/id/44/title/sacrifice-at-gadhimai-festival
11:52 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sithi Yiekong
(Hun Sen le nouvel homme fort du Cambodge,un ancien khmer rouge qui a fui le régime meutrier en 1977 que les vietnamiens qui ont rammené dans leurs bagages pour installer à la tête du Cambodge.)
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(Le drame Cambodgien reste toujours sans explication,car les khmers ne savent toujours pas quel en était exactement la cause.Ils ne peuvent pas distinguer entre les libérateurs et les agresseurs).
SIHANOUK must come and tell the truth to ECCC.
Preah KO ,Preah Kaoe also must come and tell ECCC in Phnom Penh.
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=sVLTFmWX4VE
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I just google and notice that Khmer loves to suck cock both guys and girls. Khmer male loves to suck White tourists' cock to earn few bucks, bang their ass will pay the extra. Khmer girls love to marry Korean, Chinese men to practice being raped and gang bang. Ask your mother and wives, they sure love to and contact us at:
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1.21pm
i just bgoogle too and i see your motherwhore is everywhere, not khmer.
I wanted to know:
HOW did the Khmer Rouge form?
WHY it was formed?
WHO were supporting it?
2:46pm, my dear, it takes a dissertation or thesis paper to answer your questions. i mean, it requires a long assignment of homework in school, really! if i can answer that, i'll be earning my doctorate degree, really! however, don't be discouraged, though! god bless your heart.
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