CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge court hears public hearing

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Updated November 20, 2007 21:18:03

An international genocide tribunal has opened its first public hearing to try surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime. The U-N backed court aims to prosecute crimes committed 30 years ago by senior regime leaders.

Presenter: Linda LoPresti
Speakers: Reach Sambath, spokesperson for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

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