PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A former Lon Nol soldier has told a court in Cambodia he was forced to collect human waste and spread it on fields with his own hands.
Chum Sokha, who was 20 at the time Phnom Penh fell in 1975, testified Monday in the trial of top Khmer Rouge officials, the Phnom Penh Post reported.
Sokha, one of the parties in a civil suit against the leaders, said he did the work for six months in a rural cooperative. He had buried his uniform when the Khmer Rouge came to power, but Sokha said his father was taken away when his military connections became known and he was never seen again.
Sokha became emotional on the stand, prompting objections from attorney Andrew Ianuzzi, who is representing Nuon Chea, the party's chief ideologist.
Ianuzzi said Sokha's grief was outside the scope of the trial, and the judge asked witnesses to keep descriptions as limited as possible.
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Ianuzzi said Sokha's grief was outside the scope of the trial, and the judge asked witnesses to keep descriptions as limited as possible.
It's sad for the lawyer Mr. Ianuzzi to says the witness as "outside the scope" griefing. I wonder if Mr. Ianuzzi, he lived under Khmer Rouge regime and he's striped off lawyer tittle, has him pick up human drops for evryday, how he feels, has no foods to eat, no clothes to wear, sick no doctor to treat, and his family been illiminated, may then realize the suffering of the witness has to endures.
8:20 PM, you don't understand what was behind in the Khmer Regime that ended up the millions of innocent Khmer people put to death. So, don't be brainwashed. Listen to Nuon Chea carefully and become aware of the Vietnamese/Yuon dirty plans. You will be sorry later. Some people like you don't know the details and don't listen to the CPP sides.
There are many Khmer people out there who don't know.
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8:20 PM, you don't understand what was behind in the Khmer Rouges Regime that ended up the millions of innocent Khmer people put to death. So, don't be brainwashed. Listen to Nuon Chea carefully and become aware of the Vietnamese/Yuon dirty plans. You will be sorry later. Some people like you don't know the details and don't listen to the CPP sides.
There are many Khmer people out there who don't know.
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