‘Put Khmer Rouge leaders in jail for life’
22 Oct 2013 6:18 AM IST
Prosecutors at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge court on Monday demanded the maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment for two former top regime leaders on trial for crimes against humanity.
‘Brother Number Two’ Nuon Chea, 87, and ex-head of state Khieu Samphan, 82, are accused of playing a leading role in the ‘Killing Fields’ atrocities in the late 1970s that left up to two million people dead.
Prosecutor Chea Leang said life in prison was ‘the only punishment that they deserve’. ‘On behalf of the Cambodian people and the international community we ask you for justice - justice for the victims who perished and justice for the victims who survived today who had to live through such a vicious and cruel regime under the leadership of these two accused and other leaders,’ she said.
‘Brother Number Two’ Nuon Chea, 87, and ex-head of state Khieu Samphan, 82, are accused of playing a leading role in the ‘Killing Fields’ atrocities in the late 1970s that left up to two million people dead.
Prosecutor Chea Leang said life in prison was ‘the only punishment that they deserve’. ‘On behalf of the Cambodian people and the international community we ask you for justice - justice for the victims who perished and justice for the victims who survived today who had to live through such a vicious and cruel regime under the leadership of these two accused and other leaders,’ she said.
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