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| Cambodian journalist Thet Sambath (right) interviews former Khmer Rouge second in command Nuon Chea. Photo / Supplied. |
NZ Herald (New Zealand)
Which is more important, the story or the source? It is an age-old journalistic dilemma.
For Thet Sambath, a Cambodian journalist who has spent years investigating the war crimes of the Khmer Rouge, extracting a confession of mass genocide from Pol Pot's right-hand man was the scoop of his life.
He has spent nearly a decade befriending and gaining the trust of Nuon Chea - second-in-command to Cambodian dictator Pol Pot - who is the most senior leader of the Khmer Rouge alive since Pol Pot's death in 1998.
But the confession was granted to Sambath on the condition that he promised to use it as a historical record only and that it should not be used against Nuon Chea.
Now, the United Nations has requested that Sambath hand over his 160 hours of footage, to be used as evidence in its trial of Nuon Chea for genocide, which begins next year.
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For Thet Sambath, a Cambodian journalist who has spent years investigating the war crimes of the Khmer Rouge, extracting a confession of mass genocide from Pol Pot's right-hand man was the scoop of his life.
He has spent nearly a decade befriending and gaining the trust of Nuon Chea - second-in-command to Cambodian dictator Pol Pot - who is the most senior leader of the Khmer Rouge alive since Pol Pot's death in 1998.
But the confession was granted to Sambath on the condition that he promised to use it as a historical record only and that it should not be used against Nuon Chea.
Now, the United Nations has requested that Sambath hand over his 160 hours of footage, to be used as evidence in its trial of Nuon Chea for genocide, which begins next year.
Please click here to read more...
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