Duch's defence team say he would have been killed himself if he had not followed orders
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Al Jazeera
In a final appeal to his war crimes tribunal, the Khmer Rouge's top jailer has apologised for his role in the torture and murder of thousands of Cambodians.
Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, was head of the S-21 prison where almost 16,000 people were tortured to death during the Khmer Rouge's brutal rule over Cambodia in the 1970s.
Addressing the court in closing arguments on Wednesday, Duch said that he wanted to share the sorrow of the Cambodian people.
"To the survivors I stand by my acknowledgement to all crimes," Duch told the court on the outskirts of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.
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