Categories
Tag Archives: khmer-rouge
Term ‘Most Responsible’ Remains Vexing for Tribunal
The office of investigating judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal is currently considering two controversial cases that would require five more indictments. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged agreement, democratic, establishment, investigation, khmer-rouge, news, orders-or-plans, prosecutors, suspects, Term, tribunal
Leave a comment
In Battambang, Two Tribunal Suspects Remain Elusive
As the Khmer Rouge tribunal grapples with its handling of two controversial cases at the UN-backed court, at least two suspects who could face indictment have kept away from the media and out of the public eye. Sou Met, who oversaw the Khmer Rouge air force and is named as a suspect in Case 003, is currently a major general and adviser to the Ministry of Defense Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Cambodia, daughter, Health, houses, khmer, khmer-rouge, media, neighbor, news, northwest, northwest-zone, village, wife
Leave a comment
Cambodia’s Golden Age of Cinema, Told on Film
Chou Davy is a young French-Cambodian filmmaker, whose grandfather, Van Chann, made movies in Cambodia in the 1960s and 1970s. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged 1960s, busan, cambodian, golden-slumbers, khmer-rouge, memories, people, recollections, search, street
Leave a comment
Fortune Brings a Family Together, 36 Years Later
Never in her life did Chhea Vat imagine she would have such an occasion: meeting her husband again after 36 years. The 73-year-old Cambodian-Canadian had always thought her husband, Peou Nam, was killed when soldiers of the regime took him away, so many years ago Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged buddha, Cambodia, chhea, children, children-decide, family, father, khmer, khmer-rouge, life, news, regime
Leave a comment
Tribunal Suspect Im Chaem Calls Accusations Slanderous
[Editor’s note: Former Khmer Rouge member Im Chaem is among three suspects of atrocity crimes in contentious Case 004 at the Khmer Rouge tribunal. According to court prosecutors, Im Chaem has been implicated in a purge of the Khmer Rouge’s Northwest Zone and as head of a security center where an estimated 40,000 people died under the regime. Investigating judges at the UN-backed court have said they have serious doubts as to whether she and other suspects in two cases were among those most responsible for the atrocities of the regime. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged intelligence, interview-part, khmer-rouge, list, news, phnom-trayoung, prosecutor, reporter, sleep, time
Leave a comment
Top Healthcare of Tribunal Suspects Upsetting for Some
When Khmer Rouge prison survivor Vann Nath died earlier this week in a quiet Phnom Penh clinic, family members had been scrambling for cash to pay for his treatment. Staff at the Khmer Rouge tribunal pooled $500 to offset costs, as Vann Nath lay in a coma after a heart attack Aug Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Cambodia, chhum-sophea, died-on-monday, khieu-samphan, khmer, khmer-rouge, light, news, torture, urged-the-court, water, week
Leave a comment