Khmer Rouge Tribunal Finally Under Way

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Finally Under Way

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Thirty years after Pol Pot and his henchmen were driven from power, surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge have finally begun appearing in court after being charged with crimes against humanity.

Kaing Guek Eav -- more commonly known as Duch -- on Tuesday became the first of the ultra-Maoists to stand before the bench of five U.N.-sanctioned judges for his role in the alleged torture and extermination of more than 16,000 people.

Initially, the victims were held at the S21 detention center that Duch ran before being sent to the killing fields on the outskirts of town, where most were bludgeoned to death and dumped in mass graves.

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