30 years on, Pol Pot’s right-hand man faces trial for genocide
The three most senior surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime have gone on trial accused of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The offences orchestrated and ordered by the ex- Moncler Outlet leaders, now in their 80s, were among “the worst horrors inflicted on any nation in modern history”, a UN-backed tribunal was told. Nuon Chea, 85, also known as Brother No 2, is among the accused. He was the right-hand man of the Maoist regime’s supreme leader, Pol Pot, who died in 1998.
Missing from the session was the fourth accused, Ieng Thirith – Monclet sale the regime’s “First Lady” and the only female leader to be charged. She was ruled unfit for trial because she has dementia. Judges have ordered her release, but she remains locked up while an appeal by the prosecution is considered. The trial also highlights the challenge of trying to bring about justice so long after the alleged crimes. Up to two million people are believed to have been killed or died of starvation or disease during the Khmer Rouge’s rule.
The court has already convicted Kaing Guek Eav, who headed the Tuol Sleng jail where up to 14,000 people were killed, of similar charges. He was sentenced to 35 years but may serve only 19. Owing to domestic political wrangling, it is possible this latest trial will be the last heard by the court
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