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FOR 30 YEARS THE VIETNAMESE FORCES OF OCCUPATION HAVE DENIED BASIC EDUCATION TO
THE CAMBODIAN CHILDREN. WORSE THE THAI CHINESE,CHINESE HAVE PROMOTED DRUG, SEX
INDUSTRY, GAMBLINGS, PROTITUTION,SLAVERY, ROBBERY ACROSS NATION .
OPPRESSED CAMBODIAN POPULATION LIVE IN TEARS EVERYDAY UNDER THE VIETNAMESE
FORCES OF OCCUPATION RULE
Cambodian ex-prison chief pleads for release
By SOPHENG CHEANG and LUKE HUNT (AP) – 1 hour ago
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — After claiming to feel great remorse for his part in
Khmer Rouge atrocities, the defendant in Cambodia's first genocide trial on
Friday surprised the court with a last-minute plea for his freedom, saying he
should not have been prosecuted and has already spent ten years in jail.
Kaing Guek Eav, who headed a torture center from which about 16,000 men, women
and children were sent to their deaths, seemingly stepped back from previous
assertions of responsibility for his actions and expressions of sorrow to his
victims, as well as willingness to accept severe punishment.
His Cambodian lawyer, Kar Savuth, went a step further and stunned the tribunal
by issuing the trial's first clear call for an acquittal of his client, even
after his French lawyer, Francois Roux, denied seeking such a verdict.
Only when directly pressed by a frustrated Judge Dame Silvia Cartwright of New
Zealand did Kar Savuth say that in calling for Duch's release he was seeking
his acquittal.
After consultations, the judges at the U.N.-assisted tribunal accepted the plea
for acquittal, even though the legal basis for it was unclear.
Acquittal in legal terms normally means a finding that the defendant is not
guilty of the crimes he is charged with, while the defense case hinged
generally on claims that Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, ought to have any
punishment lightened in view of his cooperation with the court and expressions
of remorse.
Cambodian-American human rights lawyer Theary Seng said the call for an
acquittal was difficult to understand.
"What he did totally undermines his efforts up until now in terms of remorse
and it undermines his request for forgiveness, which I thought was genuine,"
she said. "It's inexplicable and calls into question his previous efforts of
remorse. This is really disturbing."
Friday's dramatic turn of events came as the trial was in its next to last
stage, with prosecution and defense making rebuttals to the other's closing
arguments. Judges are expected to issue their verdict early next year.
Duch is charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder and torture.
The prosecution earlier this week asked the court to sentence Duch to 40 years
in jail, taking into account his cooperation and time served while waiting for
trial. The maximum sentence he could receive is life imprisonment. Cambodia has
no death penalty.
Some 1.7 million Cambodians died of torture, execution, disease and starvation
due to the radical communist policies of the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge regime. Four
senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge are also in the tribunal's custody, and they
are expected to be tried next year or later.
Even Friday, Duch spoke of acknowledging and apologizing for "the more than one
million souls who perished" due to the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge.
But he went on to claim that the tribunal's mandate was to prosecute senior
Khmer Rouge leaders, and didn't apply to him, an argument that had already been
rejected by the court.
Also pointing out the time he had already spent in custody, Duch said to the
judges, "I ask the chamber to release me."
The tribunal earlier this year ruled that Duch had been held illegally for five
of the eight years he was in the custody of Cambodia's military court before
being transferred to the tribunal, and that if found guilty, he could get
credit not only for time already served but also to compensate for the earlier
violation of his rights.
The positions of Duch's two lawyers seemed to diverge in their closing
arguments earlier this week, with Kar Savuth seeking an acquittal, and Roux
pleading for a lenient prison sentence due to his client's contrition and
cooperation with the court.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Ms Chea Leang seen here on this picture ,the so called "CAMBODIAN"
CO-PROSECUTOR, is a Vietnamese woman
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:32:44 -0800
First Khmer Rouge Trial Begins Final Hearings in Cambodia
Photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia shows a
general view of the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall while Kaing Guek Eav iis
being tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, 23 Nov 2009
HAPPY ARE THE VIETNAMESE KHMER KILLERS:
1. HOR NAM HONG
2. DUCH
Ms Chea Leang seen here on this picture ,the so called "CAMBODIAN"
CO-PROSECUTOR, is a Vietnamese woman
Phnom Penh (Cambodia) 20 November 2006. Co-prosecutors Robert Petit talked to
Chea Leang(a Vietnamese posing as "Cambodian" co-prosecutor) during the plenary
session of judges for the KR Tribunal (Photo: John Vink/Magnum)
Tribunal Prosecutors Differ on Added Suspects
Chea Leang(a Vietnamese )posing as "Cambodian" co-prosecutor)Tribunal judges
will determine whether more suspects should be investigated.
Comrade Duch goes to court on 24 Nov. 2009
In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia,
Kaing Guek Eav( a Vietnamese communist khmer killer ) ,
KAR SAVOUTH ANOTHER VIETNAMESE AVOCAT OF DUCH
THE UN tribunal MONKEY SHOW THAT OPERATES BLINDLY BY IGNORING THESE .
Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a
resolution condemning Vietnam��s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of
Cambodian human rights.
Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote
of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces
from Cambodia.
Nearly 80 percent of Cambodians live under poverty line?
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FOR 30 YEARS THE VIETNAMESE FORCES OF OCCUPATION HAVE DENIED BASIC EDUCATION TO
THE CAMBODIAN CHILDREN. WORSE THE THAI CHINESE,CHINESE HAVE PROMOTED DRUG, SEX
INDUSTRY, GAMBLINGS, PROTITUTION,SLAVERY, ROBBERY ACROSS NATION .
OPPRESSED CAMBODIAN POPULATION LIVE IN TEARS EVERYDAY UNDER THE VIETNAMESE
FORCES OF OCCUPATION RULE
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