One witness at the stand without reason, another summoned with reason

Kambol (Phnom Penh, Cambodia). 10/08/2009: At the trial of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, at the ECCC ©John Vink/ Magnum

11-08-2009
By Stéphanie Gée
Ka-set

And one more witness that didn’t matter! Nothing new was brought by Chhun Phal, though his hearing on Monday August 10th exceeded the half-day initially scheduled for it… No sense or reason here. Why let witnesses who were not worthwhile come to the stand and shorten the time for the testimonies of those who help advance the trial? One could not help questioning the competency of the judges. In the air, there was a feeling that the trial was now over in the minds of the judges, who now contented themselves with respecting the established schedule without making further efforts in the search for truth. The second witness to appear was more interesting and claimed he saw the accused hit a detainee.

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