KR trial 27 June 2011: KR leaders

Combination photo shows four former Khmer Rouge leaders during their trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh June 27, 2011. The four most senior surviving members of Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge regime went on trial for war crimes on Monday, three decades after its “year zero” revolution marked one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century. From L-R: Former President Khieu Samphan, ex-Foreign Minister Ieng Sary, former Social Affairs Minister Ieng Thirith and “Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea. REUTERS/Mark Peters/ECCC/Handout

Former president Khieu Samphan sits at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh June 27, 2011. The UnitedNations-backed trial of the four most senior surviving members of Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge regime began on Monday, three decades after its “year zero” revolution marked one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century. REUTERS/Mark Peters/ECCC/Handout

Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary (2nd row from front, C, in glasses) sits at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh June 27, 2011. The United Nations-backed trial of the four most senior surviving members of Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge regime began on Monday, three decades after its “year zero” revolution marked one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century. REUTERS/Mark Peters/ECCC/Handout

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Ieng Thirith, center, former minister of social affairs, sits during thesecond trial to the top leaders of Khmer Rouge in the court hall of the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 27, 2011. Now old and infirm, four of the top surviving members of the Khmer Rouge’s ruling elite are about to face justice, decades after their plans for a Communist utopia in Cambodia left an estimated 1.7 million people dead by execution, medical neglect, overwork and starvation. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Mark Peters)

“Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea sits at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh June 27, 2011.The four most senior surviving members of Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge regime went on trial for war crimes on Monday, three decades after its “year zero” revolution marked one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century. REUTERS/Mark Peters/ECCC/Handout