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Khmer Rouge court adjourns hearings to next year

The UN-backed tribunal on Khmer Rouge genocidal crime has decided to adjourn hearings against two former Khmer Rouge leaders until early next year after lawyers for one of the defendants continued to boycott proceedings.
The UN-backed tribunal on Khmer Rouge genocidal crime has decided toadjourn hearings against two former Khmer Rouge leaders until early nextyear after lawyers for one of the defendants continued to boycottproceedings.

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodiasaid in its November 24 statement that the trail hearings willresume January 8 next year.

The tribunal in August sentenced thetwo former Khmer Rouge leaders - Noun Chea, 88, and Khieu Samphan, 83 -to life imprisonment for the charge of crimes against humanity aftertheir first trial at the tribunal.

They have appealed against the verdicts.

Theywere among senior officials of the Khmer Rouge regime which was accusedof killing an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians during their ruling from1975 to 1979.

The UN-backed tribunal was established in 2006 to ask justice for the Khmer Rouge’s victims in Cambodia.

At its first trial in 2010, the tribunal gave life sentence to KaingGuek Eav, known as Duch, who headed the notorious S-21 prison, with thecharges of war crime and crimes against humanity.-VNA
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