Wednesday, August 04, 2010
By Sopheng Cheang (CP)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia's prime minister, a frequent critic of the U.N.-backed trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, said Wednesday his government recognizes the tribunal's independence and respects the guilty verdict in its first case.
Hun Sen was giving his first public reaction since the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer was convicted and sentenced last Monday to serve 19 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Also found guilty of torture and murder, Kaing Guek Eav — also known as Duch — was originally sentenced to 35 years, but 11 were shaved off for time served and another five to compensate for illegal detention in a military prison.
The sentence has been criticized in Cambodia as insufficient in relation to the magnitude of Duch's crimes.
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