The Prosecution (Nearly) Concludes its Marathon Questioning of Duch

by Randle DeFalco, Legal Advisor, Documentation Center of Cambodia
— 29 Mar, 2012

On Thursday, March 29, 2012, the Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) continued trial proceedings in Case 002 against accused Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan. Scheduled for the day was the completion of the prosecution’s questioning of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, the convicted accused in ECCC Case 001. Duch had already been questioned by the prosecution for more than four full days, during which time he had discussed the statute of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and command/communications structures in place in Democratic Kampuchea (DK) and often commented on the roles and authority of the accused in the process. During this testimony, Duch had also repeatedly claimed that Pol Pot and Nuon Chea were the supreme authority figures of the Khmer Rouge throughout the DK period…

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