Members of Cambodia’s Cham and Vietnamese groups in Phnom Penh welcomed word from the Khmer Rouge tribunal this week that regime leaders in custody will be charged with genocide, as well as other atrocity crimes. In interviews with VOA Khmer Thursday, Chams and Vietnamese alike said they expected the charges of genocide to help bring [...]
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Khmer Rouge Tribunal – Feature : For Two Groups, a Chance for Reconciliation
December 20th, 2009 
admin Three former Khmer Rouge leaders to remain in custody: court
November 19th, 2008 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Former Khmer Rouge head of state and two other regime ministers will remain in custody of Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide court for at least another year, a court official said Tuesday. Investigating judge You Bunleng said they had on Tuesday decided to renew former head of state Khieu Samphan’s detention — due [...]
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November 18th, 2008 Cambodian News Arrested Nov. 12, 2007, former Khmer Rouge minister of foreign affairs, Ieng Sary, and his wife, Ieng Thirith, will see at least another year in detention, according to investigating judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Meanwhile, Khieu Samphan, the former figurehead of the regime, could face the same extension. In a decision dated Nov. 10 [...]
Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister hospitalised in Cambodia
August 1st, 2008 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary was rushed to hospital Friday after he discovered blood in his urine, said a spokesman for Cambodia’s UN-backed genocide court. Ieng Sary, 82, is one of five top regime cadres charged in connection with the Khmer Rouge’s bloody rule over Cambodia from 1975-79, when [...]