Former Guard Provides Fact-Packed Testimony Regarding Operations at Tuol Sleng and Choeng Ek

  • by Laura MacDonald, Member of the New York Bar and Consultant to the Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern University School of Law
  • — 16 Jul, 2009

54 year old Him Huy returned to the witness stand today and testified in great detail about operations at Tuol Sleng prison (S-21) and the killing fields at Choeung Ek, both secret facilities run by the Accused Person, Kaing Guek Eav (alias Duch). Given that Duch claims limited knowledge of day-to-day operations and the other witnesses were confined to very small areas, it was refreshing to hear the accounts of an observant guard who had various responsibilities in various locations. Him will continue his testimony on Monday…

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