Khmer Rouge

Duch Returns to Tribunal, Plays Up Nuon Chea Role in Atrocities

  • VOA Khmer

Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch on 8 June 2016 during his testimony in Case 002/02 against Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea. (ECCC/Nhet Sok Heng)

At the media room at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), journalists watch a live-stream of the testimony of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, former Chairman of S-21 on trial in case 002/02 at UN-backed court in Phnom Penh, Tuesday, June 07, 2016. (Neou Vannarin/VOA Khmer)

Members of the public watch live the testimony of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, former chairman of S-21 on the trial in case 002/02 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on June 07, 2016. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)

Members of the public watch live the testimony of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, former chairman of S-21 on the trial in case 002/02 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on June 07, 2016. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)

Members of the public come to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to hear the testimony of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, former chairman of S-21 Security Centre on the trial in Case 002/02 in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, June 07, 2016. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)

At the media room at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), journalists watch a live-stream of the testimony of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, former Chairman of S-21 on trial in case 002/02 at UN-backed court in Phnom Penh, Tuesday, June 07, 2016. (Neou Vannarin/VOA Khmer)

At the media room at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), journalists watch a live-stream of the testimony of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, former Chairman of S-21 on trial in case 002/02 at UN-backed court in Phnom Penh, Tuesday, June 07, 2016. (Neou Vannarin/VOA Khmer)

Members of the public come to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to hear the testimony of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, former chairman of S-21 Security Centre on the trial in Case 002/02 in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, June 07, 2016. (Hean Socheata/VOA Khmer)

Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch on 8 June 2016 during his testimony in Case 002/02 against Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea. (ECCC/Nhet Sok Heng)