Jan 31, 2011
DPA
Phnom Penh – An international war crimes tribunal in Cambodia Monday heard an appeal by defence lawyers that it release three former leaders of the Khmer Rouge movement ahead of their trial, which is expected to start later this year.
Four former leaders of the movement have been held in pre-trial detention at the UN-backed court, which is based in Phnom Penh.
Lawyers said the rules of the court meant that their clients, who were arrested in 2007, should be released since they had already been held for longer than permitted.
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