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| Rob Hamill says that an appeal hearing for a Khmer Rouge leader was farcical. (Photo: Waikato Times) |
07/04/2011
BELINDA FEEK
WAIKATO TIMES (New Zealand)
A recently completed appeal hearing for a Khmer Rouge leader was farcical, Rob Hamill says.
Mr Hamill’s brother Kerry was one of those tortured and executed at the notorious S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital in 1978.
Mr Hamill has just returned from Cambodia where he attended an appeal hearing for
Kaing Guek Eav, 67, more commonly known as Duch, who received a 35-year sentence last year after pleading guilty to crimes against humanity, war crimes, premeditated murder and torture.
Mr Hamill hoped to meet with his brother’s killer face-to-face at the appeal which began on March 28.
Speaking from his Te Pahu home yesterday, Mr Hamill said although he was confident his request for a meeting got through to Duch, he had heard Duch would have declined.
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