Witness details the role of top KR leaders

Norng Sophang

សាក្សី​រៀបរាប់​ការ​ទទួល​ខុសត្រូវ​របស់​មេដឹក​នាំ​កំពូល​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម


គង់ សុឋានរិទ្ធ
30 សីហា 2012
Voice of America

As for economic affairs the person who was responsible at that time was, if I recall correctly, the person who was handling the materials to be distributed to the base level, and the person who was in charge at that time was Mr. Khieu Samphan. But as for cultural affairs - for example if there was [sic] any moral issues among people in society - I believe it was Nuon Chea who was the person in charge. So once again there were different portfolios for different people at that time. As for Pol Pot he was the person who oversaw every sector and every field. He had the right to say anything concerning anyone.

ភ្នំពេញ៖ នៅក្នុង​អំឡុងពេល​តស៊ូ​ក្នុង​ព្រៃម៉ាគី នួន ជា ទទួលខុសត្រូវ​ផ្នែក​សីលធម៌​និង​វប្បធម៌ រីឯ​ខៀវ សំផន ទទួលខុសត្រូវ​ផ្នែក​ភ​ស្ត​ភា។ នេះ​បើតាម​ការបញ្ជាក់​របស់​ស​ក្សី​នៅក្នុង​ការកាត់ទោស​អតីត​មេដឹកនាំ​ខ្មែរក្រហម​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ​នេះ។

លោក នង សុ​ផង់ អតីត​ប្រធាន​ក្រុម​បកប្រែ​សារ​ទូរលេខ​នៃ​របប​កម្ពុជា​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​បញ្ជាក់​ថា ប៉ុល ពត បងធំ​ទី១ នៃ​របប​នេះ នួន ជា បងធំ​ទី២ និង​ខៀវ សំផន បែង​ចែក​ការទទួលខុសត្រូវ​រួមគ្នា​មុនពេល​ពួក​ខ្មែរក្រហម​ឡើងកាន់​អំណាច។

«ខាង​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ដូចជា​ទាក់ទង​ខាង​សម្ភារៈ​ផ្សេង​ដែល​ត្រូវបញ្ជូន​តាម​មូលដ្ឋាន​គឺ​អ្នកចាត់ចែង​គឺ​ខៀវ សំផន។ ឯខាង​វប្បធម៌ អ្វីដែល​ប៉ះពាល់​ខា​សីលធម៌​គឺ​លោក​នួន ជា ជា​អ្នក​ណែនាំ។ ឯ​ប៉ុល ពត ជា​អ្នក​ណែនាំ​រួម»។

Tribunal Witness Describes Khieu Samphans Support for Revolution

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, a former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, gestures as testimony is given during his trial at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, file photo.

Khieu Samphan is on trial alongside Nuon Chea and Ieng Sary for atrocity crimes committed by Khmer Rouge under their leadership.

21 August 2012

Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer

PHNOM PENH - Jailed Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan worked to encourage children to help overthrow the US-backed government of Lon Nol, a witness told the UN-backed tribunal Tuesday.

Kim Vun, 53, who worked in a Khmer Rouge printing house, said Khieu Samphan, who would become the nominal head of the regime, visited the printing house often to give advice to its workers.

Khieu Samphan is on trial alongside Nuon Chea and Ieng Sary for atrocity crimes committed by Khmer Rouge under their leadership.

Chandler testimony wraps at Khmer Rouge court

Thursday, 26 July 2012
Joseph Freeman
The Phnom Penh Post

Prominent Cambodia historian David Chandler wrapped up his testimony yesterday at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, bringing to a close five and a half days in which the professor brought his decades of research on the subject of Democratic Kampuchea to bear on the proceedings of Case 002.

It was a sometimes testy, sometimes enlightening ap­pearance.

“Although it may not have seemed like it, I have enjoyed it,” Chandler said at the end of his testimony. “Or seemed like it at times,” he clarified.

But his last morning was far tamer. Chandler, prompted by questions from the defence for Khieu Samphan, dug deeper into the late 1960s fallout between the former Khmer Rouge head of state and then-King Norodom Sihanouk.

Testimony Against Khieu Samphan Continues at Tribunal

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, a former head of state for the Khmer Rouge, gestures as testimony is given during his trial at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, file photo.

Khieu Samphan, the former head of state for the regime, is on trial for atrocity crimes committed by the regime under their leadership.

25 July 2012

Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer

PHNOM PENH - Jailed Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan was faithful to the regime and was in charge of publishing information for new adherents to the Maoist movement, witnesses told the UN-backed tribunal Wednesday.

Rochem Tun, a former messenger for Pol Pot, told the court that Khieu Samphan had been in charge of propaganda for the movement in the 1960s.

Khieu Samphan, the former head of state for the regime, is on trial alongside Nuon Chea, its chief ideologue, and Ieng Sary, its foreign minister, for atrocity crimes committed by the regime under their leadership.

Samphan's 'integrity' illuminated at Khmer Rouge court

Former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan (C) attends a hearing at the ECCC on the outskirts of Phnom Penh last year. Photograph: ECCC/POOL

Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Bridget Di Certo
The Phnom Penh Post

Cambodian history scholar David Chandler yesterday echoed what has become a serial sentiment during testimony at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

“[Khieu Samphan] was well known as a man of extreme and rather bewildering integrity,” Chandler testified in response to questions by the Case 002 co-acccused’s lawyers.

Chandler described Khieu Samphan as a shockingly incorruptible parliamentarian in the 1960s under then-King Norodom Sihanouk’s rule, a factor that inspired fear and anxiety in the monarch.

“He was just the kind of person Sihanouk didn’t know how to deal with,” Chandler said. “He [Sihanouk] had no experience with people that he couldn’t dominate, manipulate, purchase, rent.”

Amongst Sihanouk’s “crony circle”, Khieu Samphan’s honesty was “very rare indeed”, Chandler added.

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Duch: Two KR leaders were ‘Office’ mates

Kang Guek Eav, alias Duch. (Photo by ECCC POOL)

Wednesday, 04 April 2012
Kristin Lynch
The Phnom Penh Post

Khieu Samphan was “in charge” of Pol Pot’s secretariat office, also known as “Office 870”, Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, testified yesterday at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

During examination by Trial Chamber Judge Jean-Marc Lavergne, the former S-21 prison chief said such a position afforded the former Democratic Kampuchea head of state with high-level access to information.

“He was allowed to know important information. Pol Pot allowed him to know and help him remember the issues,” Duch said, adding that the two leaders were “close”.

After 1975, Duch said this secretariat office was referred to as “Office 870”.

Duch describes KR’s ‘monopoly’

Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Bridget Di Certo
The Phnom Penh Post

No elections, no judiciary and summary executions were the way of life under the prison-state of Democratic Kampuchea, convicted S-21 prison chief Kaing Gueak Eav, alias Duch, testified yesterday.

Answering the prosecution’s questions about the structure of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, Duch said there was never any pretence of open elections or a judicial system under the Khmer Rouge rule.

“There was only one party that controlled absolutely everything in monopoly,” Duch said.

He recounted the meticulous documentation practices of the regime, from photographing all prisoners on entry to S-21 to maintaining lists of dates of tortures and interrogations.

“The list was to ensure that our work was precise and so that our superiors could question us in relation to our work,” Duch explained.

Khieu Samphan Defense Challenges Tribunal Prosecution Documents

A journalist listens to Khieu Samphan, center, former Khmer Rouge head of state, as he appears on TV screen at the court press center of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, file photo. (Photo: AP)

Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh

“Facts related to cooperatives, work fields, security centers killing, killing sites or deportation should be in the third phase of the trial, not in this phase.”

The defense team for jailed Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan on Tuesday objected to documentation submitted to the UN-backed court by the prosecution, challenging their reliability.

Khieu Samphan is one of three former leaders on trial for atrocity crimes. Prosecutors are seeking to establish the regime’s administrative structure and procedures, in order to bind Khieu Samphan, the former head of state, with Nuon Chea, the regime’s ideologue, and Ieng Sary, its former foreign minister, in joint criminal conduct.

Defense attorney Kong Sam On said documents submitted by the prosecution are not related to the issues during this phase of the trial.

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Duch to Testify Against Former Leaders

Former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison chief Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch (C) greets the court during his appeal hearing at the Court Room of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, file photo. (Photo: Reuters)

Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh

“His testimony is very crucial.”

Khmer Rouge chief executioner Kaing Kek Iev, alias Duch, will be a key witness to testify against the three surviving senior leaders in case 002 at the UN-assisted Cambodian tribunal for Khmer Rouge leaders.

Tribunal Judge Nil Non said in a statement issued late Tuesday that Duch will be testifying about administrative systems overseen by defendants Ieng Sary, Noun Chea and Khieu Samphan during their 1975 to 1979 rule of Cambodia. An estimated 1.7 million people died during the Democratic Kampuchea regime through overwork, starvation, disease and execution.

“Many of the documents the prosecutor used to lay charges against the accused in case 002 are based on Duch’s confession,” said Neth Pheaktra, a spokesman for the tribunal, formally known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. “His testimony is very crucial.”

‘Blueprint’ for forced labour

Thursday, 16 February 2012
Bridget Di Certo
The Phnom Penh Post

“The translation of this document has grave issues as to the reputation of the former king,” counsel Kong Sam Onn said, adding that a translated version of the document appeared to implicate now-King Father Norodom Sihanouk in ordering the executions of two prominent Khmer Rouge leaders, Hu Nim and Hou Yuon in 1977.

Former president of Democratic Kampuchea Khieu Samphan was obsessively determined to implement the radical economic policies of his doctoral thesis, civil party lawyers at the Khmer Rouge tribunal said yesterday.

Khieu Samphan’s 1959 thesis Cambodia’s Economy and Industrial Development provided a blueprint for the forced-labour projects of the Khmer Rouge regime that have been characterized as crimes against humanity and provided the political and economic reasoning to support enslaving the population, civil party lawyers attempted to demonstrate yesterday.

“[Khieu Samphan] was obsessively determined to put the contents of his thesis into practice,” civil party lawyer Olivier Bahougne told the court yesterday.

Regime Victims Tell Tribunal of Organized Atrocities

Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh

“My husband was tied up and nailed to a cross. He was tortured on it, and he died a week later.”

Witnesses testified before the Khmer Rouge tribunal on Wednesday to demonstrate the regime had committed organized atrocities even before its rise to power in 1975.

Through an attorney, victims of the regime told the UN-backed court of crimes of torture and execution.

“At the end of 1973, seven months after my marriage, my husband was escorted away by a group of about 12 militants,” one woman said through her lawyer, Sam Sok Kong. “My husband was tied up and nailed to a cross. He was tortured on it, and he died a week later.”

Prosecution at the court this week has sought to show a systematic regime with a leadership structure and hierarchy who leaders on trial—Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary—were guilty of joint criminal conduct.

Tribunal Prosecutors Seek To Tie Khmer Rouge Crimes Together

Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh

In the interview, Ieng Sary explained discussions with Pol Pot and Chinese leader Zhou Enlai about what would happen after the movement took power.

Prosecution at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal continued to present evidence on Tuesday seeking to connect three former regime leaders in joint criminal conduct.

The three leaders—Noun Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary—are charged with atrocity crimes that include genocide. But they are also being charged under a judicial principal known as joint criminal enterprise, which considers each individual responsible for crimes committed by a group.

International deputy prosecutor William Smith introduced an audio interview of Ieng Sary by researcher Stephen Heder in which the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister explained discussions with Pol Pot over evacuating Phnom Penh a year before the regime took over Cambodia in April 1975. In the interview, Ieng Sary explained discussions with Pol Pot and Chinese leader Zhou Enlai about what would happen after the movement took power.

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Case 002 Trial Continues: More Documents Highlighted by Parties

February 13, 2012
By Randle DeFalco, J.D. Rutgers School of Law – Newark, Legal Advisor, Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam)
Source: CambodiaTribunal.org`

“Eliminate absolutely, all forms of private ownership . . . without compromise.” - Pol Pot, describing a Khmer Rouge goal in a speech

On Monday, February 13, 2012, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) continued to hear evidence in Case 002 against accused Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan. The day’s proceedings provided the prosecution with the opportunity to highlight certain documents by placing them before the Trial Chamber in open court. This documentary submission practice clearly failed to capture the interest of the audience in the courtroom, and during the afternoon session, many of the high school students who had been brought in to view the proceedings could be seen running around and playing games loudly on the grounds outside the courtroom.

Preliminary Matters

Trial Chamber President Nil Nonn opened the week’s proceedings by announcing that Judge Sylvia Cartwright would be absent for the week due to unspecified health concerns. The President noted that alternate international Judge Claudia Fenz would sit in for Judge Cartwright during her absence. The Chamber also noted that Khieu Samphan had retained a new international lawyer but informed the new counsel that she could only participate as an observer until such time as she takes an oath administered by the ECCC Supreme Court Chamber.

Khieu Samphan said that Hou Yon and Hu Nim was killed from order of Sihanouk: Co-prosecutor

13 Feb 2012
By Leng Maly
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy

On 13 February, the ECCC reviewed proof documents that were showed by the Co-prosecutor.

The majority of these documents involved the accused Khieu Samphan and they are press quotes, interviews and statements attributed to Khieu Samphan.

While reading about the history of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, at the relationships between Sihanouk, Pol Pot and Zhou Enlai, the former prime minister of the People’s Republic of China during the late 60s, the Co-prosecutor quoted Khieu Samphan as saying that King Norodom Sihanouk was involved in the death of 2 former high-ranking cadres: Hou Yon and Hu Nim.

The co-prosecutor read: “Zhou Enlai was the intermediary [go-between] between all these people. Khieu Samphan confirmed in that correspondence letter that Pol Pot sent a support letter to Samdech Sihanouk which included the signature of Hou Yon, Hun Nim and Khieu Samphan. The later 2 persons were killed by order of Samdech Sihanouk.”

Regarding this quote, Khieu Samphan did not have the opportunity to respond yet and the co-prosecutor will add more information on Tuesday 14 February.

ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា៖ ខៀវ សំផន ថា ហ៊ូ យន់ និង​ហ៊ូ នឹម ស្លាប់​ដោយ​បញ្ជា​សម្ដេច សីហនុ

2012-02-13
ដោយ ឡេង ម៉ាលី
Radio Free Asia

អង្គ​ជំនុំ​ជម្រះ​សាលាក្ដី​ខ្មែរក្រហម ពិនិត្យ​ឯកសារ​ភស្តុតាង ដែល​ភាគី​សហ​ព្រះ​រាជ​អាជ្ញា​ដាក់​បង្ហាញ​ចំពោះ​មុខ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ ទី ១៣ ខែ​កុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ ២០១២។

ឯកសារ​ទាំង​នេះ​ភាគ​ច្រើន ទាក់ទង​នឹង​ជន​ជាប់​ចោទ ខៀវ សំផន ដែល​ជា​ខ្លឹមសារ​ដក​ស្រង់​ពី​ទំព័រ​សារព័ត៌មាន បទ​សម្ភាសន៍ និង​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែង​ការណ៍​នានា។

ពេល​អាន​អំពី​ប្រវត្តិ​បក្ស​កុម្មុយនិស្ត​កម្ពុជា មក​ដល់​ត្រង់​ទំនាក់ទំនង​រវាង​សម្ដេច សីហនុ ប៉ុល ពត និង​លោក ជូ អេន ឡាយ (Zhou Enlai) អតីត​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​នៃ​សាធារណរដ្ឋ​ប្រជាមានិត​ចិន នៅ​ចុង​ទសវត្ស​ឆ្នាំ ១៩៦០ សហ​ព្រះរាជ​អាជ្ញា​បាន​ស្រង់​សម្ដី​របស់​ជន​ជាប់​ចោទ ខៀវ សំផន ដែល​ថា អតីត​ព្រះ​មហា​ក្សត្រ​សម្ដេច​ព្រះ នរោត្ដម សីហនុ ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការ​ស្លាប់​របស់​អតីត​កម្មាភិបាល​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់ ២ រូប គឺ​លោក ហ៊ូ យន់ និង ហ៊ូ នឹម។

សំឡេង​អាន​ឯកសារ​របស់​សហ​ព្រះរាជ​អាជ្ញា៖ «ជូ អេន​ឡាយ ធ្វើ​ជា​អន្តរការី​រវាង​បុគ្គល​ទាំង​អស់​នោះ។ ខៀវ សំផន បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា នៅ​ក្នុង​លិខិត​ឆ្លើយឆ្លង​នោះ ប៉ុល ពត បាន​បញ្ជូន​លិខិត​គាំ​ទ្រ​មួយ​ច្បាប់​ទៅ​សម្ដេច សីហនុ ដែល​ក្នុង​នោះ​ហត្ថលេខា​ដោយ ហ៊ូ យន់ ហ៊ូ នឹម និង ខៀវ សំផន។ អ្នក​ទាំង​ពីរ​ចុង​ក្រោយ​នេះ គឺ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ស្លាប់​តាម​ការ​បញ្ជា​របស់​សម្ដេច សីហនុ»។

ការ​ស្រង់​សម្ដី​នេះ ជន​ជាប់ចោទ ខៀវ សំផន នៅ​មិន​ទាន់​មាន​ឱកាស​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ទេ ហើយ​សហ​ព្រះរាជ​អាជ្ញា​នឹង​ថ្លែង​បញ្ជាក់​បន្ថែម​ទៀត នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ​ទី ១៤ កុម្ភៈ៕

Trial Chamber Concludes Examination of Accused Nuon Chea in Case 002

February 08, 2012
By Randle DeFalco, J.D. Rutgers School of Law – Newark, Legal Advisor, Documentation Center of Cambodia

“People needed to be controlled, conquered; the more the better.” - Nuon Chea

On Wednesday, February 8, 2012, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) resumed hearing substantive evidence in Case 002 following three days of testimony by Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam), regarding the Center’s process of collecting and cataloguing documents related to the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) period (1975-1979). The accused in Case 002 are Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan.

Ieng Sary Retires Earlier than Usual

Before the day’s proceedings could begin, national counsel for Ieng Sary, Ang Udom, rose and informed the Chamber that Ieng Sary was experiencing “swelling in his feet” and back pain. As a result, Ieng Sary wished to retire to the holding cell for the entire day’s proceedings to participate via audio-visual link. This request was early, even for Ieng Sary, who recently has adopted the custom of requesting to be excused prior to the morning session break at 10:30 a.m. Chamber President Nil Nonn granted this request and reminded Ang Udom of the need to submit a written waiver signed by Ieng Sary.

Nuon Chea Defense Rebuked for Bringing up Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Statement Again

Next, the floor was turned to Michiel Pestman, international counsel for Nuon Chea, who made some procedural submissions to the Chamber prior to questioning. He informed the Chamber that the Nuon Chea defense planned on calling additional witnesses relevant to the current topic of the historical background of the DK period, arguing that the witnesses heard thus far had not been able to provide sufficient information. Next, Mr. Pestman stated that “reluctantly” the defense had to revisit the remarks of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.[1]

This prefatory statement triggered an immediate interjection from the Chamber President, who chastised Mr. Pestman for using questioning time to make statements and reminded him that the defense can appeal the Trial Chamber’s decision regarding Hun Sen’s statements following ECCC procedures.

Mr. Pestman responded by stating that the Nuon Chea defense cannot immediately appeal any Trial Chamber decision and began to argue that the statement made by the Trial Chamber regarding Hun Sen’s statements was not a “decision” at all.

President Nil Nonn then cut off Mr. Pestman again and stated that the Chamber had been clear on the topic and forbade Mr. Pestman from discussing the topic further. At this point, the President appeared frustrated by Mr. Pestman’s persistence and referred to him with less formal language than is typically used at the ECCC. The President further warned Mr. Pestman that the defense would forfeit its remaining questioning time if it continued to push the issue.