The Defense Challenges DC-Cam Documents in Cross-Examination of Youk Chhang
On Thursday, February 2, 2012, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) continued hearing the much-anticipated testimony of Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) director Youk Chhang. The day’s proceedings were dedicated to the cross-examination of Mr. Chhang by the Case 002 defense teams for accused Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea. The Chamber had previously instructed the parties to limit their questioning to issues related to DC-Cam’s general documentation practices and processes.
Prior to the commencement of the day’s questioning, there was some brief confusion regarding the division of time between the three defense teams, resulting in a change of order, with the Khieu Samphan defense, rather than Nuon Chea defense team, putting questions to Mr. Chhang first…
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