Tuesday, 7 April 2009

The Khmer Rouge's prisons chief Monday told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court that he had "sacrificed everything" for the revolution "

Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, the former Khmer Rouge prison chief of S-21, or Tuol Sleng prison in court in Phnom Penh in March. The Khmer Rouge's prisons chief Monday told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court that he had "sacrificed everything" for the revolution that ultimately killed up to two million people.(AFP/Pool/Mak Remissa)

A Cambodian boy looks at skulls and bones inside a stupa at the popular tourist site Phnom Sampov near Samlot ,northwest of Phnom Penh in March. The Khmer Rouge's prisons chief Monday told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court that he had "sacrificed everything" for the revolution that ultimately killed up to two million people.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)

A Cambodian child watches photos of former prisoners on display at a former Khmer Rouge prison, known as S-21, of the Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal on Monday resumes trying Kaing Guek Eav, alias, Duch, accused of running a torture center for the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Cambodian boy walks past photos of former prisoners on displaying at a former Khmer Rouge prison, known as S-21, of the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal on Monday resumes trying Kaing Guek Eav, alias, Duch, accused of running a torture center for the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Cambodian Buddhist monk watches a painting of a torture scene at a former Khmer Rouge prison, known as S-21, of the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal on Monday resumes trying Kaing Guek Eav, alias, Duch, accused of running a torture center for the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Cambodian Buddhist monk, right, sits outside a former Khmer Rouge prison, known as S-21, of the Tuol Sleng genocide museum, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, April 5, 2009. Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal on Monday resumes trying Kaing Guek Eav, alias, Duch, accused of running a torture center for the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Chum Mey, right, 78, a survivor of the S-21 prison during the Khmer Rouge regime, walks into the court room for attending a trial of Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, at U.N.-backed tribunal Monday, April 6, 2009, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia's genocide tribunal reopens its historic trial of the accused Khmer Rouge torture chief on Monday, but allegations of corruption threaten to overshadow the proceedings.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Cambodian military police personnel relaxes outside a court room as he waits for spectators coming to a trial of former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, also know as 'Duch'at the U.N.-backed tribunal Monday, April 6, 2009 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodia's genocide tribunal reopens its historic trial of the accused Khmer Rouge torture chief on Monday, but allegations of corruption threaten to overshadow the proceedings. Duch is the first senior Khmer Rouge figure to face trial, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as homicide and torture.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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