In abrupt reversal, Khmer Rouge prison chief asks tribunal to release him
Los Angeles Times - Sat Nov 28, 3:11 am ETAfter months of admitting guilt and expressing remorse, Kang Kek Ieu, better known as Duch, challenges the legitimacy of the U.N.-Cambodian war crimes tribunal. A former Khmer Rouge prison chief who presided over the torture of about 15,000 prisoners who were later executed astonished observers of Cambodia's first genocide trial Friday by asking judges to release him because he had already ...
