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Cambodia’s former Khmer Rouge leaders start genocide trial
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The former Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea are charged with genocide of Cham and Vietnamese, crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Photo: EPA
Two former Khmer Rouge leaders began their second trial at a UN-backed court in Cambodia on Wednesday on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape.
The complex case of the regime’s two most senior surviving leaders has been split into a series of smaller trials, initially focusing on the forced evacuation of people into rural labour camps and related crimes against humanity.
The first trial against “Brother Number Two” Nuon Chea, 88, and former head of state Khieu Samphan, 83, was completed late last year, with the verdict – and possible sentences – set to be delivered on August 7.
At the opening hearing of the second trial, judge Nil Nonn read out the charges against both suspects, including genocide and other crimes against humanity, as more than 300 people watched the proceedings from the public gallery.
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1562719/cambodias-former-khmer-rouge-leaders-start-genocide-trial