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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Historic Trial Opens for Aging Khmer Rouge Leaders

Say Mony, VOA Khmer
Tuesday, 22 November 2011

The UN-backed tribunal opened a landmark case against three Khmer Rouge leaders in Phnom Penh on Monday, with prosecution claiming the former communists were involved in a criminal policy that led to mass atrocities.

The widely welcomed proceedings marked the first substantial hearing for the three leaders, Nuon Chea, 85, the chief ideologue of the regime; Khieu Samphan, 80, its nominal leader; and Ieng Sary, 86, its foreign minister, whose case took four years to investigate and bring to trial. VOA Khmer reports.

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