Historical Testimony Continues as Both the Prosecution and Civil Party Lawyers Question the Expert

Expert witness David Chandler was examined by the prosecution and counsel for the civil parties Friday, July 20, 2012, in Case 002 against accused Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, and Ieng Sary at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).

In the morning proceedings, 170 villagers from Mukh Kampoul and Kandal Stung district, Kandal province attended. All parties were present in the courtroom, except defense council for Ieng Sary, Michael Karnavas, and Ieng Sary himself, who observed the proceedings from his holding cell, as allowed by the court, following the doctor’s recommendation.

Judge Sylvia Cartwright took the floor to begin the day’s proceedings to respond to the request of Nuon Chea’s defense council on documents to be referenced in court proceedings in connection with emails sent to the senior legal officer of the Trial Chamber. Judge Cartwright indicated that 1,100 documents had been uploaded to the database. She stated, “The purpose of requiring notification to the parties by way of advance courtesy copies of material that does not comply with Rule 87 is to allow all of the parties and the chamber to understand the nature of the questioning the expert is being subjected to. To upload more than 1,100 documents makes this

advance notice of little benefit at all.” She instructed that no more than five to 10 documents in this category should be uploaded and that this should be done at least two weeks in advance. Expanding upon the ruling yesterday that only the substance of the documents that can be used in examining the witness, she said that quotes will not be allowed nor will the identification of the documents. She stated that such documents must be relevant to issues in the current trial of Case 002 and that no irrelevant or repetitious questions will be allowed…

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