Pech Chim on How the Revolution Was Run
Pech Chim’s third day on the witness stand began with questions by the Civil Party lawyers on forced marriages. Mr.[…]
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District Secretary Chim Claims He “Experienced This Horrible Regime Like Everyone”
The ECCC sitting in Case 002/02 began the day with the continuation of former District Secretary Pech Chim’s testimony. Unfortunately,[…]
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“A State of Being Alive but Being Dead at the Same Time”
Refreshed from the Khmer New Year holiday break, the ECCC resumed hearing the Civil Party impact statements. As difficult as[…]
Disputes Concerning Legitimacy of Civil Party Process Continue
Unfortunately, the exceptional hearing of impact statements by Civil Party witnesses was no more successful on Day Two than yesterday.[…]
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Critical Discrepancies Plague Civil Party Testimony
Court convened some twenty minutes late due to the slowly moving parking lot that doubles as National Road Number 4.[…]
Civil Parties Make Impact Statements on Their Suffering During Democratic Kampuchea
As on the previous two days, the final session of testimony from American journalist, Richard Dudman, produced few productive responses[…]
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Veteran Newspaperman Has ‘No Comment’ Four Decades after the Fact
Day 2 of the examination of Richard Dudman, did not go well for either the Defence (whose witness he was),[…]
Witness Richard Dudman, 76 Years a Newspaperman, Keeps His Skepticism
Victor Koppe, Defence Counsel for Nuon Chea, broke a cardinal rule of litigators: Do not ask a question to which[…]
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Defence Accuses Civil Parties of ‘Sneaking’ in More Evidence
Civil Party witness Ung Saroeun was called to the Chamber on a request by the Civil Parties in order to[…]
Demand for a Confrontation of Opposing Witnesses
Saut Saing had a difficult time in court. It was awkward enough when his testimony conflicted with dire accusations made[…]
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Alleged “Cruelest” Guard Testfies as Civil Party Victim
Hearings resumed at the ECCC after a four-day break with a new civil party witness, 2TCP304. Further to the witness’s[…]
Gold Confiscated from Villagers Used to Buy Cadres Watches
People were starving while others went shopping for jewelry. Testimony at the ECCC today proved that the greed will win[…]