CAMBODIA: Former Khmer leader engages famous French lawyer
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In Cambodia, the Chief Khmer Rouge inquisitor Duch has appeared before the UN-backed tribunal investigating killings committed during the Pol Pot regime. Duch, also known as Kang Kek Ieu, has confessed to committing multiple atrocities during his time as head of the notorious Tuol Sleng, or S-21, interrogation centre. Duch is expected to be a key witness in the trial of other senior Khmer Rouge leaders. Among others expected to stand trial is the former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan; this week he told reporters he's engaged the services of the French lawyer Jacques Verges. Verges has become well-known for defending highly controversial figures including the Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and the Marxist terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal".
Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Tara Guman, former legal consultant to the Secretariat at Khmer Task Force; Dina Nay, Director of Khmer Institute of Democracy.
