Detention extended for KRouge official facing trial: officials

[Coventina]

Source: AFP

PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea's detention has been extended another year while he awaits trial at Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal, court officials said Friday.

"They believe conditions still require his detention," tribunal spokeswoman Helen Jarvis told AFP, referring to court judges.

The former "Brother Number Two" is the most senior of five Khmer Rouge leaders detained on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the court.

Nuon Chea, 82, was arrested a year ago at his home in the northwestern province of Pailin, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold.



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Keeping my fingers crossed that this guy lives long enough to be tried...

[WhiteTara]

1. my fingers are crossed too

if they can try this criminal, then surely we can try ours!