Friday, January 15, 2010

Judges conclude Khmer Rouge investigations

14 January 2010
By International Justice Desk
Radio Netherland
The co-investigating judges of Cambodia’s genocide tribunal have concluded their investigations against five Khmer Rouge suspects.
“Today the Co-Investigating Judges have notified all the parties and their lawyers that they consider that the judicial investigation in Case 002, in which charges have been laid against Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Kaing Guek Eav, has been concluded,” says a statement issued by the extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).
The announcement marks the conclusion of two and a half years of judicial investigation into alleged crimes committed between 17 April 1975 and 6 January 1979 during the Khmer Rouge regime. During the course of the investigation, tens of thousands of pages of documentary evidence have been placed on the casefile. More than 800 statements have been taken from witnesses, civil parties and charged persons.

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