Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Agencies
PHNOM PENH: A United Nations-backed court set up to find justice for 1.7 million people killed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s is at risk of losing credibility and relevance among Cambodians outraged by its first verdict.
- Cambodians see Duch sentence as miscarriage of justice
- Concerns that Khmer Rouge masterminds won’t be punished
- UN expert hails ‘milestone’ Khmer Rouge verdict
Kaing Guek Eav, a former prison chief better known as Duch, was on Monday found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and received less than half the 40-year sentence sought by prosecutors for his role in the 1975-1979 reign of terror.
The ruling devastated many of the estimated five million survivors and raised questions among Cambodians over a tribunal that spent $78.4 million over nearly five years to bring its first case in one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century.
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