Thursday, 5 August 2010

ECCC To Publish 22,000 Books of Duch’s Verdict

via Khmer NZ

Thursday, 05 August 2010 04:52 DAP-NEWS / Soy Sophea

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, AUGUST 5, 2010-UN-back tribunal officials on Thursday said that it will publish a series book of its first verdict of notorious S21 chief of Khmer Rouge regime.

Reach Sambath, head of ECCC public affair, told reporters during a press tour to a printing house where it will publish 22,000 books. The amount of money is not revealed but it will use ECCC budget.

The verdict against Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, also convicted him of crimes against humanity, murder and torture. It was a historic first for a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal.

Duch, 67, was the head of the S-21 prison, where at least 14,000 people died.

The verdict against Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, also convicted him of crimes against humanity, murder and torture.

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