DPA
Phnom Penh – The international war crimes tribunal ruled Thursday that three ageing former Khmer Rouge leaders must remain in custody ahead of their trial, which is expected to start later this year.
The ruling comes after the three appeared at a public hearing on January 31 asking to be released.
Lawyers had argued that their clients, who were arrested in 2007, should be freed since they had already been held for longer than permitted by the genocide court.
The appeal followed a January 13 decision ordering the three to remain in pre-trial detention. But the court failed to issue a reason for the decision until January 21.
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