Police still maintains surveillance on former KRouge leaders

Monday, July 23, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Suspected former Khmer Rouge leaders who will face judgment at the Khmer Rouge tribunal in the future, are under surveillance and safety protection of the police. General Mao Chan Dara, the chairman of the national police headquarters told RFA on Saturday that security forces continue to maintain surveillance both inside the country and along the borders. Mao Chan Dara said: “Along border gates, for entry and departures, we are observing (these activities). For a number of important leaders, in the past, we maintained surveillance and followed them.” Mao Chan Dara said that up until now, the security situation is normal even though the co-prosecutors have already listed five suspects who could face the court.

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A Cambodian man talks on the phone near local newspapers with published portraits of five former Khmer Rouge leaders in Phnom Penh July 20, 2007. Prosecutors in Cambodia's Khmer Rouge trials identified five suspects on Wednesday who they say were most responsible for the "Killing Fields" atrocities committed by Pol Pot's regime. (L-R) "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, former president Khieu Samphan, former foreign minister Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thireth, and Duch, head of the Tuol Sleng interrogation centre in Phnom Penh. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea