Thursday, 28 February 2008

Cambodia tribunal visits Khmer Rouge torture rooms

Malaysia Sun
Wednesday 27th February, 2008

A notorious Khmer Rouge torture centre in Cambodia has been visited by tribunal judges.A chief suspect in the trial against the former communist regime was also taken through the centre.

Duch, one of the chief interrogators at the centre, was taken along in the hope he could give the judges a better picture of the atrocities committed between 1975 and 1979, when approximately 15,000 Cambodians were imprisoned.

Only a handful of people left the prison alive.A few years ago, Duch expressed his regret for the actions in which he collaborated.

He is now acting a witness for the prosecution.

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