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Closing Arguments Begin In Trial Of Former Khmer Rouge Commander 78 days ago
(RTTNews) - The closing arguments in the war crimes trial of a former Khmer Rouge commander accused of torturing and killing thousands of Cambodians began before a U.N.-backed tribunal on Monday, marking the final stages of the trial that began in February.
Kaing Khev Iev, also known as Duch, was the head of the Khmer Rouge's most notorious torture center and is accused of committing crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture and premeditated murder of more than 15,000 people during the communist regime's rule from 1975 to 1979.
He faces a maximum of life in prison if convicted of the charges, as the UN-backed tribunal does not have the authority to impose the death penalty.
Officials said that the closing arguments in the case would be completed this week, and the tribunal is expected to make a verdict early next year. The closing arguments give the defense and prosecution a final chance to make their case before the judges retire at the end of the week to consider their verdict.
Duch has confessed to his roles in the torture and killings of thousands of people, but maintains that he was merely following the regime's orders when he oversaw the torture and death of thousands of Cambodians at the infamous Tuol Sleng prison. He also said earlier that he was full of "regretfulness and heartfelt sorrow" for his past actions.
Duch is the first Khmer Rouge leader to face the tribunal and four more of the regime's senior officers are in custody awaiting trial. He is also the first Khmer Rouge leader to have confessed his role in the atrocities committed during the regimes four-year rule and expressed remorse.
Duch was arrested in 1999 after British journalist Nic Dunlop discovered him in the Cambodian countryside. He was the member of the Cambodia's infamous Khmer Rouge regime that took over Cambodia in 1975 after ousting a US-backed government shortly after the U.S. pullout from neighboring Vietnam.
It is believed that the Khmer Rouge regime under Pol Pot had executed over two million Cambodians in its efforts to forcefully create a peasant society based on Maoist principles before the invading Vietnamese army ousted it in 1979.
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