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Former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison chief Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch sits in a dock during his appeal hearing at the Court Room of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh February 3, 2012.
Friday, Feb. 03, 2012

Open quoteThe crimes by Kaing Guek Eav were undoubtedly among the worst in recorded human history. Close quote

  • KONG SRIM,
  • judge in Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court. The court has rejected an appeal by Khmer Rouge jailer Duch, born Kaing Guek Eav, and increased his sentence to life imprisonment.
Photo: Nhet Sokheng / ECCC / Reuters | Source: BBC