The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has announced former senior Khmer Rouge leader Noun Chea, who has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison, died at the age of 93.
Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Hun Sen has criticized Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong’s recent statement on Vietnam’s position in the fight against Khmer Rouge.
A ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the victory of the southwest border defence war and the joint victory on January 7 of Vietnam and Cambodia over the genocidal regime was held in Hanoi on January 4 with the participation of high-ranking leaders of the two countries.
A witness told the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on January 6, that the Khmer Rouge killed Vietnamese people in Cambodia ’s Prey Veng province.
Meas Muth, a former Khmer Rouge official, was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity by judges of t he Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ( ECCC ) on December 14.
The Australian government has pledged an additional 3.25 million AUD (2.3 million USD) for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
(ECCC) on July 27 opened hearings to hear the testimony of witnesses
within the framework of appeals for two former leaders of the Khmer
Rouge regime, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, on July 27.
The UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
commenced appeal hearings for two former Khmer Rouge leaders on July 2
who were accused of crimes against humanity last year.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), also known
as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, will need 33.8 million USD for its 2015
operations, said the ECCC in a statement on April 21.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) resumed a
trial against two former leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime,
Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, on January 8.
The UN-back tribunal on Khmer Rouge genocidal crime on August 7
sentenced two former Khmer Rouge leaders to life imprisonment for the
charge of crimes against humanity.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on April 7
announced charges in the next trial of two former Khmer Rouge regime
leaders, including the genocide against Vietnamese people and ethnic
Muslims, forced marriages and rape.
President Truong Tan Sang has stated that the victory over the
genocidal regime 35 years ago closed the darkest chapter in Cambodia’s
history and opened up a new era of independence, freedom, peace,
neutrality and development for the Cambodian people.
Prosecutors of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
(ECCC) demanded the maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment for
two former top Khmer Rouge leaders at a trial on crimes against humanity
on October 21.
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