Duch violently accused by relatives of foreigners tortured at S-21

Kambol (Phnom Penh, Cambodia). 17/08/2009: Martine Lefeuvre, 57-year-old civil party and wife of Ouk Ket, who was executed at S-21, on Day 59 of the trial of Kaing Guek Eav at the ECCC ©John Vink/ Magnum

18-08-2009
By Stéphanie Gée
Ka-set

Monday August 17th, the relatives of victims who disappeared at S-21, the death anteroom ran by Duch, started testifying. Foreigners were the first civil parties to appear: at the stand, a French woman and her daughter, then a New Zealander, cried out their suffering and disgust towards the accused. They revealed the extent of the destruction of their families, forever in mourning. Faced with their anger, or even hatred, the accused, drowned under the voice of the victims, proved highly sober in his comments and took a self-flagellation stance.

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