AFP
PHNOM PENH : Ex-Khmer Rouge cadre Duch asked for forgiveness for running a feared jail where thousands died, but maintained he was only following orders as he took the stand for a final time on Wednesday.
Cambodia’s UN-backed court sentenced Duch, 68, in July to 30 years’ jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity for overseeing the deaths of some 15,000 people at the notorious prison Tuol Sleng – or S-21 – in the late 1970s.
Reading from a handwritten note, Duch said he only survived the brutal regime “because I respectfully and strictly followed the orders”, even if at times he felt “very depressed”.
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