August 20, 2010
ABC Radio Australia
After handing down its first verdict in July, the international war crimes tribunal in Cambodia will next year hear the second - and possibly final - case against a former senior Khmer Rouge leader. But some people are looking beyond all of this - to a time when the tribunal has left Cambodia - and a need for learning centres and other legacy projects.
Presenter: Robert Carmichael in Battambang, western Cambodia
Speakers: Acha Thun Sovath, Wat Samroung Knong, Battambang; Daravuth Seng, former executive director, Centre for Justice and Reconciliation
CARMICHAEL: Late last month, the UN backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Phnom Penh convicted its first defendant, Comrade Duch. He was the former head of the Khmer Rouge's most important torture and execution centre, known as S-21, where thousands of Cambodians died.
Next month, it looks certain to charge another four suspects for their alleged roles in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians.
The movement's crimes encompassed the entire country. Take, for instance, this temple, or wat, on the outskirts of the town of Battambang in western Cambodia.
When the Khmer Rouge took over the country in 1975, Wat Samroung Knong, was home to a young monk called Thun Sovath.
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Next month, it looks certain to charge another four suspects for their alleged roles in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians.
The movement's crimes encompassed the entire country. Take, for instance, this temple, or wat, on the outskirts of the town of Battambang in western Cambodia.
When the Khmer Rouge took over the country in 1975, Wat Samroung Knong, was home to a young monk called Thun Sovath.
Please click here to read more...
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