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A decision has been delayed until next week over whether a senior member of the Khmer Rouge charged with war crimes in Cambodia will be allowed to go free.
The regime’s so-called ‘First Lady’, Ieng Thirith, was last month deemed unfit to take part in a trial now under way because of dementia.
That ruling was immediately appealed by prosecutors, which left the final decision on whether the 79-year-old should be released unconditionally with the Supreme Court.
The court announced on Tuesday that it’s had to delay the decision by a week because of ‘unprecedented’ legal issues.
Three others, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary are facing questioning in UN backed tribunal this week.
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