PHNOM PENH, Thursday 17 February 2011 (AFP) – Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes court said Thursday it had rejected a request to release three top Khmer Rouge leaders from custody ahead of their genocide trial.
Judges said the continued detention of “Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea, former head of state Khieu Samphan and ex-social affairs minister Ieng Thirith was necessary to prevent them from fleeing.
They face charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and related crimes under Cambodian laws in connection with the deaths of up to two million people between 1975 and 1979 from starvation, overwork and execution.
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