Pittsburgh Post Gazette
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Testimony in the nine-month trial of a former prison chief for the communist Khmer Rouge ended yesterday when the defendant, Kaing Guek Eav, 67, known as Duch, unexpectedly asked to be set free despite his repeated admissions of guilt.
The judges took no immediate action. They are expected to render their verdict early next year.
The Khmer Rouge caused the deaths of 1.7 million people when it ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, and Duch is the first of five members of the regime to face trial.
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