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Luke Hunt | Kota Kinabalu 18 December 2009
Photo: AP
Khieu Samphan, looks on during hearing at U.N.-backed genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh (file photo)
Cambodia's U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal has charged the Khmer Rouge1's former head of state with genocide, the third such charge this week against a former leader of the brutal2 regime.
Khieu Samphan is the most senior Khmer Rouge leader to face genocide charges in addition to other charges related to war crimes and crimes against humanity following the deaths of 1.7 million people during the 1975 to 1979 bloody3 reign4 by the Khmer Rouge.
Similar charges of genocide were issued earlier this week against Nuon Chea, the group's top ideologist5, and former foreign minister Ieng Sary.
All three have been charged with involvement in the deaths of members of the country's ethnic6 Cham and Vietnamese communities.
The three are expected to face trial late next year once the prosecution7 and defense8 teams complete their investigations9.
Lars Olsen is a spokesman for the tribunal. He says genocide charges are complicated. "It is not enough to actually prove that atrocities10 have been committed," he said. "You also need to prove there was intent behind the atrocities to destroy, in whole or in part, a group."
He says the intent of destruction is based on a group's ethnicity, nationality, religion or race and the current genocide charges relate directly to the alleged11 slaughter12 of ethnic Vietnamese and Muslim chams by the Khmer Rouge.
Seventy-eight-year-old Khieu Samphan is a French-educated former guerrilla leader who was arrested in 2007 and has since portrayed13 himself as a virtual prisoner of Pol Pot's regime. A self-styled intellectual, he has denied any knowledge of the atrocities.
The additional charges came three weeks after the end of the first trial of a senior Khmer Rouge leader. Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, stands accused of overseeing the torture and extermination14 of at least 14,000 people at the infamous15 S-21death camp.
A verdict in that case is expected by late March or early April.
1 rouge | |
n.胭脂,口红唇膏;v.(在…上)擦口红 | |
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adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的 | |
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的 | |
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n.起诉,告发,检举,执行,经营 | |
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n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究 | |
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10 atrocities | |
n.邪恶,暴行( atrocity的名词复数 );滔天大罪 | |
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a.被指控的,嫌疑的 | |
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12 slaughter | |
n.屠杀,屠宰;vt.屠杀,宰杀 | |
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n.消灭,根绝 | |
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adj.声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的,邪恶的 | |
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