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| Life sentence sought for Cambodia leaders over 1970 atrocities |
| 2013-10-22 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Prosecutors at Cambodia's Khmer Rouge court on Monday demanded the maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment for two former top regime leaders on trial for crimes against humanity. "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, 87, and ex-head of state Khieu Samphan, 82, are accused of playing a leading role in the "Killing Fields" atrocities in the late 1970s that left up to two million people dead. Prosecutor Chea Leang said life in prison was "the only punishment that they deserve". "On behalf of the Cambodian people and the international community we ask you for justice -- justice for the victims who perished and justice for the victims who survived today who had to live through such a vicious and cruel regime under the leadership of these two accused and other leaders," she added. The two defendants are the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge cadres. Led by Pol Pot, who died in 1998, the communist regime wiped out a quarter of Cambodia's population through starvation, overwork and execution between 1975-79 in a bid to forge an agrarian utopia. The kingdom's UN-backed court is moving closer to a verdict in the complex trial, which has been split into a series of smaller trials. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Speaking of Cambodian atrocities... Oh, taxpayer money piles up on the wharf, A bottomless cornucopia; A skipper would never get caught at the trough; And I'm Vannak Khem of Cambodia. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-10-22 14:28 |
| #1 The Reds marched everyone out of the evil, capitalist cities, commerce and manufacturing centers at gunpoint. Social Justice was achieved, private ownership of anything other than your shirt and trouser was forbidden. Everyone enjoyed free housing, food, and medical care. Political dissent was handled quickly and effectively. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-22 03:07 |