Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Duch Takes the Stand Against His Khmer Rouge Bosses

Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, ran the notorious Toul Sleng prison, where up to 16,000 people were tortured before being killed, at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, March 19, 2012. (Photo: AP)
Monday, 19 March 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“As a principle of the party at that [early] period, whoever stepped into liberated zones, whether poor or rich, whoever came to buy chickens, they would be arrested as spies..."
Khmer Rouge torture chief Duch took the stand for the first time against his former supervisors on Monday, telling a UN-backed court that the regime had a policy to “arrest and kill” perceived enemies and spies.

Duch, who was given a life sentence by the tribunal for his role overseeing the deaths of more than 12,000 people at the Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, was testifying against Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary, who face charges of atrocity crimes, including genocide, for their leadership of the Khmer Rouge.


“As a principle of the party at that [early] period, whoever stepped into liberated zones, whether poor or rich, whoever came to buy chickens, they would be arrested as spies and enemies and transferred to M-13 [prison] to be questioned and destroyed,” said Duch, who appeared before the court in a prison uniform.

M-13 was a jungle facility run by Duch before the Khmer Rouge took over the country. He would go on to run the Tuol Sleng prison, known to the Khmer Rouge as S-21, overseeing the torture and execution of thousands of perceived enemies of the state.

Duch told the court Monday that S-21 “probably” had the same policies as 196 security centers across the country.

Duch’s testimony came after a decision from the Trial Chamber that it would not hear “repetitive” testimony from defense on historical context, such as the US bombing of Cambodia prior to the Khmer Rouge takeover and Vietnam’s political intentions regarding Cambodia.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

អង្គការលើដែលជាក្រុមឃាតករជីវិតខ្មែរប្រមាណបី
លាននាក់បានបន្សល់ទុកនៅផ្លែផ្កាគឺរាជនិងរដ្ឋ​អំណាចខ្មែរសព្វថ្ងៃនេះ។

អាស្រ៍យហេតុដូច្នេះហើយទើបបានជាសាលាក្តី
ខ្មែរក្រហមត្រូវបានពួកវារំខានយកជើងរាទឹក
គ្រប់ពេលដើម្បីលាក់ការពិតលាក់ឈ្មោះ លាក់មុខមាត់ក្រុមពួកវាដែលជាឃាដករ ប្រឆាំងមនុស្សជាតិ។

ដើម្បីសង្រ្គោះជាតិខ្មែរឲ្យរុងរឿងមានយុត្តិធម៌ បានសុខសន្តិភាពពិតប្រាកដ គឺត្រូវតែមានអគ្គមគ្គុទេសខ្មែរថ្មី ដែលដុះចេញអំពីខ្មែររងគ្រោះគឺផ្ទុយអំពី រាជនិងរដ្ឋអំណាចសព្វថ្ងៃដែលដុះចេញអំពី អង្គការលើខ្មែរក្រហម។

ប៉ារីស៍ព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី១៩មិនា២០១២
អក្សរភាសាខ្មែរ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Anonymous said...

L'organisation Khmer Rouge ( Angkar-leu អង្គការលើ​) a baptisé
(Duch) à la place du nom réel (Kaing Gueak Eav ) le chief prison de Tuol Sleng. Le nom (Duch) n'etait pas le nom révolutionnaire comme on le croit mais plutôt pour cacher la vérité.

L'Organisation Khmer Rouge (Angkar-leu អង្គការលើ​)​​ a amplifié et publié le faux nom (Duch) comme le bouc émissaire pour blanchir leur crime contre de l'humanité.

Le faux nom (Duch) est copié , répété Non-Stop par le média
en particulier le cinéma documentaire de continuer à tromper
le public et en même temps pour attaquer, déshonorer les noms célèbres tels que ( Duch Sidem; Duch Kimhak; Duch Som) et le maître de la musique traditionnelle khmère
(Sok Duch) de Takeo province etc...

Paris V. Le 19/3/2012.​​​​

Anonymous said...

អង្គការលើដែលជាក្រុមឃាតករជីវិតខ្មែរប្រមាណបី
លាននាក់ បានប្រឌិតឈ្មោះ(ឌុច)ឲ្យហៅជំនួស
ឈ្មោះពិត(កាំងគ្ហេចអៀវ)ដែលជាប្រធានគុកទួលស្លែង។

អង្គការលើដែលជាក្រុមឃាតករជីវិតខ្មែរប្រមាណបី
លាននាក់ បានផ្សព្វផ្សាយឈ្មោះក្លែងក្លាយ(ឌុច)
ដើម្បីលាក់ការពិតនិងលាក់បាំងឈ្មោះពួកវាដែល
ជាឧក្រិដ្ឋជនប្រឆាំងមនុស្សជាតិ។

ឈ្មោះប្រឌិត(ឌុច)ក្លែងក្លាយនេះត្រូវបានអ្នកកា
សែតជាតិអន្តរជាតិព្រមទាំងអ្នកថតកុនឯកសារ
បន្តបំប៉ោងសម្លេងដើម្បីបំភាន់មតិសកលលោក
ព្រមទាំងវាយប្រហារកិត្តិនាមកិត្តិយសជនណា
ដែលមាននាមត្រកូល(ឌុច) ជាឧទាហរណ៏ៈ
(ឌុចស៊ីឌឹម ឌុចគីមហាក់ សុកឌុច)និង​​(ឌុចសម)ជីតាអ្នកនាង(សេងធារី)។ល។

ប៉ារីស៍ព្រឹកទី២០មិនា២០១២​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​អក្សរភាសាខ្មែរ​

Anonymous said...

The Khmer Rouge Organization (Angkar-leu អង្គការលើ) baptized (Duch) instead of real names (Kaing Guek Eav) is not the revolutionary name as is commonly believed but rather to hide the truth.

​The Khmer Rouge Organization (Angkar-leu អង្គការលើ) amplified, and broadcast advertising, the false name (Duch) as the scapegoat to launder their crime against humanity.

The false name (Duch) is copied and repeated Non-Stop by the global media to continue deceive the world and also to attack and dishonor real name famous (Duch) such that (Duch Sidim; Duch Kimhak; Sok Duch) and (Duch Som) grandfather's Ms.Theary Seng etc.

Paris V.March 20,2012​​​​​​​

Anonymous said...

People want to throw shit to Ah You Bun Leng's head.

Ah Ting Moung Yuon's slave is Ah You Bun Leng.

Anonymous said...

Vietnam's bad intention toward Cambodia will be unmasked by the international communities.

We need to take this Cambodia’s land thief, Vietnam, to the international court of justice; otherwise Vietnam will keep creating turmoil in Cambodia.

After 1989, did Vietnam truly withdraw all of its troops back to Vietnam?

Did Vietnam comply with the 1991 Paris peace accord?

Millions of illegal and legal Vietnamese have been residing inside Cambodia after Vietnam’s invasion in January 1979, causing extreme concerns amongst Khmer people about the prospect that Cambodia would be the second Kampuchea Krom (the current southern part of Vietnam).

How much Khmer natural resource has Vietnam destroyed after its invasion in January 1979?

The killings during the Pol Pot's era were committed by the Khmer rouge, the Khmer Vietminh, etc. One tactical strategy that Vietnam has used effectively during the Khmer Rouge regime was to create “suspicion” between Khmers. So, the killings were exacerbated dramatically because of that suspicion generated by Vietnam.

Notice that the Khmer Vietminh were created and brainwashed by Vietnam to make Khmers fight with Khmers, to make Khmers kill each others. Vietnam’s ulterior ultimate goal is to make Khmer people vanish from this world like Vietnam did to Champa. No wonder, they have always seen Khmers fight with Khmers.

How about the K5 project, which killed hundreds of thousands of Khmer people in the 80's? This K5 scheme was totally orchestrated by Vietnam to make Khmer people disappear so that Vietnam could easily absorb Cambodia.

Vietnam must pay for this enormous K5 project crime. We need to take Vietnam to the international court about this K5 issue regarding Vietnam’s catastrophic action in Cambodia. Vietnam’s current dominance in Cambodia also contributes to the present majority Khmer people’s misery.

Vietnam has done horrible things to Khmer people, but we have never done anything to make Vietnam pay for it. That is why Vietnam kept doing bad things to Cambodian people and currently implementing its colonization on Cambodia.

Finally, the UN must have some clues why the puppet government in Phnom Penh has been so apprehensive about the cases 003, 004, etc…The Hun Sen’s government and Vietnam have played a major role in the killings during the Pol Pot’s era.
If they are clean, why they are so afraid of the cases 003, 004,..?

Anonymous said...

1,300,000 corpses were found in Cambodia after 1979.

Where are the forensic analyses about the ethniticy of these victims and the timepoint of their killing?

Got none?

Of course not!

Why not?

Because if the corpses where forensic examined it would show that most of them died before 1975 from US bombings and civil war.

Corpses from 1975 on are in Cheoung Ek and Chams and "traitors" like Vietnamese only.

Khmers you get punked :)

Anonymous said...

All Khmer wake up from this Hanoi dirty trap known as ECCC.

How can we find justice for million Cambodian were killed between 1975-1979 in the hand of Khmer Viet Minh ( CPP ).

Wake up all Khmer 5 million yuon illegal everywhere in Cambodia in 2012 how about 20 million yuon by 2030.