Robert Carmichael, Phnom Penh
Australia Network News
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief, Comrade Duch, has appealed against his conviction and a 30-year prison sentence handed down by Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court.
The defence team for Comrade Duch has formally appealed the conviction handed down last month by the tribunal in Phnom Penh.
In their submission, lawyers said Duch's conviction and 30-year jail sentence amounted to a miscarriage of justice, and claimed their client did not fall within the court's remit.
They added that the sentence smacked of victor's justice, and said he ought to be acquitted and released.
No date has been set for the appeal.
Duch headed the Khmer Rouge's key torture and execution centre known as S-21, where thousands died during the movement's rule of Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.
Four other senior Khmer Rouge figures are currently in pre-trial detention, and are likely to go on trial early next year.
The defence team for Comrade Duch has formally appealed the conviction handed down last month by the tribunal in Phnom Penh.
In their submission, lawyers said Duch's conviction and 30-year jail sentence amounted to a miscarriage of justice, and claimed their client did not fall within the court's remit.
They added that the sentence smacked of victor's justice, and said he ought to be acquitted and released.
No date has been set for the appeal.
Duch headed the Khmer Rouge's key torture and execution centre known as S-21, where thousands died during the movement's rule of Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.
Four other senior Khmer Rouge figures are currently in pre-trial detention, and are likely to go on trial early next year.
5 comments:
I think Duch needs to be hung like Sadam Husen .
in other countries, just muredering one person brings life imprisonment, when you torture and murder thousands, your soul burns in hell.
Yes, Please release Professor Duch.
It is fair enough to release him.
It was caused by the war between supper powers.
Khmer in California
10:24PM! youmotherfucker! what happen you have no right to kill helpless people!
your mother will shame on you! you may just go to hell to save your family face!
10:24 PM , you must have been taking the wrong medicine .
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