Prosecutor Conducts Productive Examination Despite Witness’ Hampered Memory
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) resumed testimony of witness Sao So Run Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in Case 002 against accused Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, and Khieu Samphan. Though the witness’s age posed some difficulties during examination, he remained cooperative and agreeable throughout the day.
Villagers from Takeo province filled the public gallery during morning proceedings, but school children took their place in the afternoon. The students’ energetic presence had been absent Monday and Tuesday, the public gallery having been largely filled by villagers and a few scattered tourists. On Wednesday, however, 200 students from Pong Toek High School poured out of buses onto ECCC grounds. Though their excitement was likely the product of missing class, the students remained absorbed in the ongoing trial for a large part of the afternoon. Unlike the previous week and a half of proceedings, the day’s discussion moved from abstract concepts of Khmer Rouge political policy to the atrocities visited on the Cambodian people during the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) period…
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