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| This handout photo taken and released by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on March 29, 2011 shows former Khmer Rouge prison chief (S21) Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch (AFP) |
PHNOM PENH, March 29, 2011 (AFP) – Prosecutors at Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes court on Tuesday appealed for a life term for former Khmer Rouge cadre Duch, saying he lacked remorse for overseeing the deaths of some 15,000 people.
Duch, 68, was sentenced to 30 years in prison last July for war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role at the notorious torture prison Tuol Sleng in the late 1970s.
The prison chief, real name Kaing Guek Eav, was the first former Khmer Rouge cadre to face an international tribunal and both the defence and prosecution are appealing against the punishment in three days of hearings at the court.
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