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Senior Khmer Rouge regime member Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, sits in court at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh July 26, 2010.
Monday, Jul. 26, 2010

Open quoteDuch is the only human on trial. The others are monsters. Close quote

  • DAVID CHANDLER,
  • a historian of Cambodia, noting that Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, is the only one of five men on trial for war crimes during the Khmer Rouge regime to have admitted guilt; a U.N.-backed tribunal cut his sentence Monday from 35 years to 19
Photo: ECCC / Handout / Reuters | Source: NYT