More charges sought against Khmer Rouge jailer

[Coventina]

Source: International Herald-Tribune

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Prosecutors at Cambodia's genocide tribunal said Thursday they will seek to have more charges added to the indictment issued against a former member of the Khmer Rouge who headed the group's most notorious prison.

A senior genocide researcher said the plan to appeal the court's indictment could cause another snag in efforts to convene the trial of Kaing Guek Eav — also known as Duch — who headed the S-21 prison in Phnom Penh in the late 1970s.

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About 16,000 men, women and children are believed to have been held at the prison, which served as a torture center for the Khmer Rouge. Only 14 are thought to have survived.

The number is a small fraction of the estimated 1.7 million deaths attributed to the radical policies of the communist Khmer Rouge, who held power in 1975-79.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/21/asia/AS-Cambodia-Khmer-Rouge.php

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As I've said before, since I have visited S-21, I have a personal interest in this case and will be watching this trial closely...