Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The KR Tribunal did not yet fix the schedule to try Kaing Kev Iev aka Duch, the former Tuol Sleng (S-21) jail chief, when Khieu Samphan’s lawyers are still appealing for his bail option and a court date for this appeal is now set to 27 Feb. Up until 23 Feb, the KRT has yet to fix the date for Duch’s hearing, however, it has fixed Khieu Samphan’s hearing date on his bail appeal following 8 months of detention and this detention was extended to 12 months. Sar Sovat, Khieu Samphan’s lawyer, told the Koh Santepheap newspaper over the phone on 23 Feb, that the court decided to translate a number of documents, but not all of them, after Jacques Verges, Khieu Samphan’s lawyer, asked the court to translate all 16,000 pages of the court documents from Khmer to French. On 26 Feb, the court also indicated that it will hold a hearing about Ieng Thirith’s bail appeal, and on 27 Feb, the KRT will hold a hearing on Khieu Samphan’s bail appeal.
