Two Civil Parties Testify on Dire Conditions Surrounding the Evacuation of Phnom Penh

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

Hearings resumed in the Case 002 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Thursday, November 22, 2012, with civil party Meas Saran continuing to offer detailed testimony on a range of issues. In particular, Mr. Saran discussed conditions in Phnom Penh before and during its evacuation, with a particular emphasis on the fate of hospital patients and his experiences of being interrogated, arrested, and tortured by the Khmer Rouge…

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