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| Nuon Chea, former deputy secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, adjusts his sunglasses during a joint hearing with other top Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan, its head of state, and Ieng Thirith, former social affairs minister, at the outside the court hall of the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal. (Photo: AFP) |
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Monday, 31 January 2011
“I have only one request … that [the court] apply the law.”
Three aging Khmer Rouge leaders appeared together at the UN-backed tribunal for the first time on Thursday, if only briefly, as the court considered their motions to be released ahead of a trial expected later this year.
Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Thirith have sought release ahead of their atrocity crimes trial on grounds they have been detained beyond a time limit established by the court.
Jasper Pauw, a defense lawyer for Nuon Chea, the regime’s chief ideologue, said it would be unlawful to detain his client longer under tribunal rules, which stipulate a four-month window from the time investigating judges issue their closing order—Sept. 15, 2010, in this case.
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