Testimony on Military Structure and Forced Movement Commences

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

The third segment of the Case 002/1 trial started today at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Hearings in this trial segment will deal with two major phases of forced population movements during the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) regime, and were preceded by a thorough half-day overview by successive Trial Chamber greffiers, who read out all Closing Order paragraphs that have been deemed relevant for this segment. Following some tense exchanges between International Co-Counsel for Nuon Chea Andrew Ianuzzi and the Trial Chamber concerning the possible use of “torture-tainted evidence,” the first witness in this trial segment, Meas Voeun, began his testimony, providing details on several issues including the DK military structure and the evacuation of Phnom Penh…

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