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Duch had shocked many by admitting his crimes but asking the court to acquit him
Prosecutors at the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia are appealing against the sentence imposed on a Khmer Rouge jailer, saying it is too short.
Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, was given a 35-year sentence in July for crimes against humanity during the regime's rule in the 1970s.
But because of time already served and compensation for a period of illegal detention, he will be free in 19 years.
Duch was the first of five surviving senior Khmer Rouge figures to be tried.
Up to two million people died because of the policies of the regime, which ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979.
The 68-year-old was found guilty of overseeing the torture and execution of thousands of people at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh.
During his trial, he admitted his role in the killings and torture of thousands of men, women and children at the prison, but said he was following orders and had asked the court to acquit him.
"Prosecutors are of the view that the judgment gives insufficient weight to the gravity of Duch's crimes and his role and his willing participation in those crimes," the prosecutors said in a statement.
Only about a dozen people who were held at Tuol Sleng are thought to have survived, three of whom are still alive.
Up to 17,000 people are believed to have died there.
Prosecutors at the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia are appealing against the sentence imposed on a Khmer Rouge jailer, saying it is too short.
Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, was given a 35-year sentence in July for crimes against humanity during the regime's rule in the 1970s.
But because of time already served and compensation for a period of illegal detention, he will be free in 19 years.
Duch was the first of five surviving senior Khmer Rouge figures to be tried.
Up to two million people died because of the policies of the regime, which ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979.
The 68-year-old was found guilty of overseeing the torture and execution of thousands of people at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh.
During his trial, he admitted his role in the killings and torture of thousands of men, women and children at the prison, but said he was following orders and had asked the court to acquit him.
"Prosecutors are of the view that the judgment gives insufficient weight to the gravity of Duch's crimes and his role and his willing participation in those crimes," the prosecutors said in a statement.
Only about a dozen people who were held at Tuol Sleng are thought to have survived, three of whom are still alive.
Up to 17,000 people are believed to have died there.
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Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32?
a) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth
o) Hun Sen
Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia
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
Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth
Hun Sen...
Kaing Guek Eav is a prison chief of Toul Sleng prison S21.
Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia
The UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) must indict 195 other prison chiefs.
"I will not allow the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders, I rather let the court (KRT ECCC) fail. Indict more Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders will lead the country into a civil war."
Samak Mith Hun Sen
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leader
Samak Mith Hun Sen will not allow the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders who is responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.
Samak Mith Hun Sen threaten to turn Cambodia back 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.
A good Khmer Rouge(s) is a dead Khmer Rouge(s).
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 aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth...
"(Samak Mith) Duch (Kaing Guek Eav) 19 years sentence is too short and doesn't fit his crimes."
Samak Mith Yaem (Hor Namhong)
Prison Chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32
Hor Namhong want the whole world to know that he is not a Khmer Rouge and a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32.
Hor Namhong is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32.
Source:
"A CAMP CALLED BOENG TRABEK"
PHNOM PENH POST, JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 1, 2001
Keo Bunthouk who was detained with her husband, former diplomat Ieng Kounsaky, at the Boeng Trabek camp (Section B32 presided over by Hor Namhong) from 1977 to 1979.
Q: Who should be held responsible for the murders of Boeng Trabek inmates?
A: Now you repeat this question and maybe Hor Namhong will want to assassinate me, what will happen to me? I've heard that Hor Namhong wants to sue the newspaper that said he was Khmer Rouge.
Keo Bunthouk died under suspicious circumstances in 2001, shortly after she gave interview to the Phnom Penh Post.
Keo Bunthouk was a survivor of Boeng Trabek prison B32.
Keo Bunthouk was a member of the Cambodian Parliament from FUNCINPEC Party.
Hor Namhong said to the French judge that he is not a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32, 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).
On October 7, 2009 Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor Namhong, Keat Chhon, Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka has been summoned by the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC).
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