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Cambodia's UN-backed court has found Kaing Guek Eav, the chief of the Khmer Rouge's S-21 prison, guilty of crimes against humanity.
The only senior member of the Khmer Rouge government to face justice in an international court was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday.
Prosecutors had asked for a 40-year sentence from the court, which could have imposed a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Riot police had lined up outside the court on the outskirts of the capital, Phnom Penh, on Monday as the court opened to hand down its verdict and Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, arrived in a bullet-proof car.
The 67-year-old remained impassive as the verdict on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and premeditated murder was read out on Monday.
First verdict
The verdict was the first by the court, established in 2006 after nearly a decade of negotiations between the government and the UN.
Duch is the only senior Khmer Rouge figure to have acknowledged responsibility to the tribunal.
During nine months of hearings last year, he repeatedly begged forgiveness for overseeing the murders of around 14,000 people at the Tuol Sleng torture centre over three decades ago.
But the former maths teacher then asked to be released on the final day of hearings on grounds that he was not a key leader in the government and was only following orders.
The Khmer Rouge, led by "Brother Number One" Pol Pot, emptied Cambodia's cities during its 1975-1979 rule, exiling millions to vast collective farms in a bid to take society back to "Year Zero" and forge a Marxist utopia.
Starvation and overwork
An estimated two million people were killed in the notorious "Killing Fields" or died from starvation and overwork before a Vietnamese-backed force toppled the government.
Pol Pot died in 1998 but four other Khmer Rouge leaders, all said to be more senior than Duch, are in custody awaiting trial.
"Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, former head of state Khieu Samphan, the former foreign minister Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith, who was the minister of social affairs, are expected to go on trial next year.
Duch has been detained since 1999, when an investigative journalist found him working as a Christian aid worker in the jungle.
He was formally arrested by the tribunal in July 2007.
The only senior member of the Khmer Rouge government to face justice in an international court was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday.
Prosecutors had asked for a 40-year sentence from the court, which could have imposed a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Riot police had lined up outside the court on the outskirts of the capital, Phnom Penh, on Monday as the court opened to hand down its verdict and Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, arrived in a bullet-proof car.
The 67-year-old remained impassive as the verdict on charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and premeditated murder was read out on Monday.
First verdict
The verdict was the first by the court, established in 2006 after nearly a decade of negotiations between the government and the UN.
Duch is the only senior Khmer Rouge figure to have acknowledged responsibility to the tribunal.
During nine months of hearings last year, he repeatedly begged forgiveness for overseeing the murders of around 14,000 people at the Tuol Sleng torture centre over three decades ago.
But the former maths teacher then asked to be released on the final day of hearings on grounds that he was not a key leader in the government and was only following orders.
The Khmer Rouge, led by "Brother Number One" Pol Pot, emptied Cambodia's cities during its 1975-1979 rule, exiling millions to vast collective farms in a bid to take society back to "Year Zero" and forge a Marxist utopia.
Starvation and overwork
An estimated two million people were killed in the notorious "Killing Fields" or died from starvation and overwork before a Vietnamese-backed force toppled the government.
Pol Pot died in 1998 but four other Khmer Rouge leaders, all said to be more senior than Duch, are in custody awaiting trial.
"Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, former head of state Khieu Samphan, the former foreign minister Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith, who was the minister of social affairs, are expected to go on trial next year.
Duch has been detained since 1999, when an investigative journalist found him working as a Christian aid worker in the jungle.
He was formally arrested by the tribunal in July 2007.
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35 years in jail is not nearly enough for his crime. UN-back tribunal must be scared to jail Hun Sen's former friend for some reason.
Justice has NOT been served !
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12:21 pm--- i totally agree with you. 35 yrs is nothing.
The case #1 is done and the case #2, #3, and so on are much more important so they should be done in the shorter period of time. To me and others, Duch should received death sentence compare with the crime he committed.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
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.
All 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.
Who killed 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples?
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...
p) all of above
Source:
DC-CAM
Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is the current Khmer Rouge Regime's leader?
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
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).
Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is 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
Source:
DC-CAM
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