'Torturer-in-chief' for Khmer Rouge finally faces trial

[kpete]

Source: Raw Story



'Torturer-in-chief' for Khmer Rouge finally faces trial
Agence France-Presse
Published: Tuesday February 17, 2009

PHNOM PENH (AFP) — The torturer-in-chief for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime finally faced trial Tuesday in the first case heard by a UN-backed genocide tribunal into the horrors of the "Killing Fields" 30 years ago.

Kaing Guek Eav, better known by the alias Duch, faces charges of crimes against humanity over his iron-fisted rule at Tuol Sleng prison, where he is accused of presiding over the deaths of 15,000 men, women and children.

He sat solemnly in the dock as hundreds of people turned up to watch the start of proceedings against a key figure in the ultra-communist regime, which killed around two million people in one of the 20th century's worst atrocities.

"I prayed for dawn as soon as possible so that I could see this trial start," said artist Vann Nath, one of only about a dozen survivors from the prison, who was put to work painting pro-regime pictures.

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[riverdeep]

1. Who says crime doesn't pay?

He's gotten to live his life for thirty years while thousands died viciously at his hands. Better late than never, but it makes you see the appeal of vigilante justice. The families of the deceased could have scurried him away and done what they will.

[Politicalboi]

2. This is what we need

For Bush and Cheney and the rest of the regime. Not Republican vs Democrat let the UN do it.

[The Stranger]

3. We will have a long, long memory.

[Wizard777]

4. You mean torture can be illegal? Interesting concept.

[gratuitous]

5. 30 years

Let's see justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

And take note, Bush administration lackeys, accomplices and assorted hangers-on. Mark your calendars for 2038 or so before you can hope for a good night's sleep. I have an outside chance of living that long, and I dearly hope to live to see that day that some other folks sit solemnly in the dock.

[santamargarita]

6. I'd like to see Bush as his cellmate!

:woohoo: