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Offline TomSea

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Khmer Rouge leaders face genocide verdict
« on: November 16, 2018, 02:48:34 am »
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Khmer Rouge leaders face genocide verdict

Khmer Rouge tribunal is set to deliver its verdict on whether the last two surviving leaders of the Pol Pot regime are guilty of genocide.

Nuon Chea, 92, was Pol Pot's deputy, and Khieu Samphan, 87, was the regime's head of state.

They are on trial for genocide against Cambodia's Cham Muslim minority and ethnic Vietnamese.

Up to two million people are thought to have died under brutal Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/khmer-rouge-leaders-face-genocide-verdict/ar-BBPKTcq

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Re: Khmer Rouge leaders face genocide verdict
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2018, 03:32:13 am »
Wow. And I thought our justice system moved slow.

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Re: Khmer Rouge leaders face genocide verdict
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2018, 03:35:22 am »
Took a long time, but I'm glad to see they are facing some justice here.

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Re: Khmer Rouge leaders face genocide verdict
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2018, 03:44:06 am »
Took a long time, but I'm glad to see they are facing some justice here.

Come on. They're so old they don't even know where they are.