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Phnom Penh - Investigating judges at Cambodia's war crimes tribunal have ruled that surviving Khmer Rouge leaders can be charged with the controversial legal concept of joint criminal enterprise (JCE) when they appear as defendants, likely in 2011. I...
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch asked a court to acquit and release him as his nine-month trial comes to an end in Cambodia, Agence France-Presse reported.
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to design and build Electricité du Cambodge's National Control Centre and Energy Management System in Phnom Penh.
Former Khmer Rouge prison warden Duch asked for release on the last day of his war crimes trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His lawyer confirmed Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, asked to be released, arguing he wasn't a senior member in the Khmer Rouge chain of command, the BBC reported Friday.
The lawyer for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge jail chief urged judges Thursday to recognise his client's remorse, as the landmark first UN-backed trial over the "Killing Fields" era draws to a close.
After claiming to feel great remorse for his part in Khmer Rouge atrocities, the defendant in Cambodia's first genocide trial on Friday surprised the court with a last-minute plea for his freedom, saying he should not have...
Lawyers for the Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of killings in Cambodia accused prosecutors Thursday of making him a scapegoat for all the horrors committed by the regime.
The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer had to "kill or be killed" and operate like an "obedient machine," his lawyer said on Thursday in defending the first member of Cambodia's murderous regime to face justice.
Phnom Penh - The defence in Cambodia's war crimes tribunal on Wednesday said their client, Comrade Duch, has been made a scapegoat for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge. Kar Savuth, Duch's Cambodian defence lawyer, sai...
CHONBURI, Thailand, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Cambodian coastal waters remain open to Thai fishing vessels, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh said Friday.
Prosecutors in the trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief asked a U.N.-backed Cambodian court Wednesday to sentence the man to 40 years in prison for his role in the torture and deaths of thousands.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded he be sentenced to 40 years in jail for his role in the killing of thousands of Cambodian prisoners.
The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer shocked a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal on Friday by asking to be freed at the end of a nine-month trial of the first member of the ultra-communist regime to face justice.
BANGKOK -- Kaing Khek Iev, who ran the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison, unexpectedly asked judges in Phnom Penh on Friday to acquit him of charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder and torture.
Written by Henry Ong and directed by Marcy Arlin, this play about a Cambodian doctor who's gunned down outside his L.A. apartment premieres tonight. Tickets range from $16-$20. For more information, call the box office at 718-760-0064 or visit www...
Thailand and Cambodia's diplomatic row over fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will not cause further clashes between their armed forces, their defense ministers said after meeting Friday.
