ECCC: Suspects Selected, No Identities Releaved to the Public

Khmer Rouge trial: suspects selected
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Wed Jul 18 2007

Cambodian prosecutors have identified five suspects they hold most responsible for the atrocities committed during Pol Pot's reign of terror.
The allegations against the five "constitute crimes against humanity, genocide, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, homicide, torture and religious persecution", the prosecutors said in a report.
Investigating judges will now decide whether charges are laid.
Around 1.7 million people are thought to have died during the the Pol\nPot era, which was brought to an end in 1979 by a Vietnamese invasion.
Pol Pot, or Brother Number One, died in the Cambodian jungle in 1998 and\nnone of his comrades have ever faced justice for the atrocities.
The five accused were not named, but historians have focused on four\nsurviving Pol Pot henchmen: "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, former\nforeign minister Ieng Sary, former president Khieu Samphan and Duch, head of\nthe Tuol Sleng interrogation centre in Phnom
Another possible defendant is Meas Muth, a son-in-law of former Khmer\nRouge military chief Ta Mok who died last year.
The evidence against them includes thousands of pages of Khmer Rouge-era\ndocuments, statements from more than 350 witnesses and the locations of more\nthan 40 undisturbed mass graves.The £26.5 million United Nations-backed court has been plagued by delays\nand arguments between local and international legal officials, who only agreed\nlast month on the joint court's internal rules."
Around 1.7 million people are thought to have died during the the Pol Pot era, which was brought to an end in 1979 by a Vietnamese invasion.
Pol Pot, or Brother Number One, died in the Cambodian jungle in 1998 and none of his comrades have ever faced justice for the atrocities.
The five accused were not named, but historians have focused on four surviving Pol Pot henchmen: "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, former foreign minister Ieng Sary, former president Khieu Samphan and Duch, head of the Tuol Sleng interrogation centre in Phnom Penh.
Another possible defendant is Meas Muth, a son-in-law of former Khmer Rouge military chief Ta Mok who died last year.
The evidence against them includes thousands of pages of Khmer Rouge-era documents, statements from more than 350 witnesses and the locations of more than 40 undisturbed mass graves.
The £26.5 million United Nations-backed court has been plagued by delays and arguments between local and international legal officials, who only agreed last month on the joint court's internal rules.
The trials will be conducted under a modified form of Cambodia's\nFrench-based judicial system, with domestic and international judges and\nprosecutors working jointly to try to guarantee the courts' independence.Content © ITV Network Limited. All rights reserved.