Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Former Khmer Rouge security chief Duch appeals conviction

Mar 28, 2011
DPA

Phnom Penh – The prosecution at the international war crimes court on Monday rejected as baseless the grounds for acquittal sought on appeal by Comrade Duch, the Khmer Rouge’s former security chief.

Duch headed the notorious torture and execution centre known as S-21. The tribunal last year sentenced him to 35 years for his role in the deaths of at least 12,272 detainees between 1976-79.

Earlier on Monday lawyers for Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, said the UN-backed tribunal lacked jurisdiction over their client since he was not a senior Khmer Rouge cadre and had merely followed orders.

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