Clarification or Speculation: Testimony on Ministry of Propaganda Continues

  • by Doreen Chen, Senior Consultant, Destination Justice, and LLM, Columbia Law School
  • — 2 Oct, 2012

Witness Mr. Khiev En returned to the ECCC today to continue his testimony in the first part of the Case 002 trial under questioning of the Nuon Chea defense team. Again, the witness focused on the Ministry of Propaganda during the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) regime, though today his testimony threatened to be overshadowed by frequent exchanges between the Nuon Chea defense team and the Office of the Co-Prosecutors (OCP) as to whether questions put to the witness sought appropriate clarification or improper speculation. Today’s hearing also featured a public hearing in which all parties offered the Trial Chamber their views on how to move forward with the trial in light of defendant Ieng Sary’s potentially prolonged absence…

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