Rob Hamill (Reuters)Mon, 26 Jul 2010
By Melissa Davies
3News.co.nz
One of Pol Pot's right hand men in the Khmer Rouge has been sentenced to 35 years in a landmark case brought by the War Crimes Tribunal.
Around 1.7 million people were brutally tortured and killed under the communist regime in the late 1970s.
A New Zealander, Kerry Hamill, was among the victims and his brother, former Olympian Rob Hamill, was in Cambodia for the sentencing.
Kang Guek Eav, known as comrade Duch, leaned in as the judge described his murderous crimes in graphic detail - stories of how he tortured people by pulling out their toenails.
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Around 1.7 million people were brutally tortured and killed under the communist regime in the late 1970s.
A New Zealander, Kerry Hamill, was among the victims and his brother, former Olympian Rob Hamill, was in Cambodia for the sentencing.
Kang Guek Eav, known as comrade Duch, leaned in as the judge described his murderous crimes in graphic detail - stories of how he tortured people by pulling out their toenails.
Please click here to read more...
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