Decades following the Khmer Rouge regime terrorized Cambodia, one of the Khmer Rouge trials has concluded. One of the Khmer Rouge’s chief butchers, Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Guek Eav, or “Comrade Duch” was captured in 1999 and has been on trial since then. The trial of the man who presided over more than 17,000 executions has concluded. The just lately concluded trial saw the man who presided over 17,000 or more executions received only 19 years for his crimes, after credit for time served. The light sentence incensed the survivors and families of victims. Article resource – Former Khmer Rouge executioner gets 19 years for genocide by Personal Money Store.
Khmer Rouge warden saw thousands dead
The Khmer Rouge seized power in 1975. Pol Pot was the head of the brutal regime, and they set about divesting themselves of the middle class and bringing about a collectivist agrarian utopia. The first to be sentenced to die were the educated, teachers, and quite possibly wearing glasses carried a death sentence for appearing to be haughty and bookish. Kaing Guek Eav was the head of security for the state police, the Santebal, and ran the notorious Tuol Sleng Prison, also called S-21. Over 17,000 inmates were sent to Toul Sleng to be tortured and executed. Only 12 survived a trip to Toul Sleng.
Discovery and detainment
Khmer Rouge officials and personnel scattered after their regime was toppled in 1979. Pol Pot went into hiding, eventually being discovered and put under house arrest until his death in 1998. Other officials of the Khmer Rouge went on trial, and some still are. Kaing Guek Eav was found going under a pseudonym near the Cambodia-Thailand border, surrendering to authorities in 1999. A long trial process started with the Khmer Rouge tribunals. Convicted of crimes against humanity, he was sentenced on July 26, 2010, to 35 years in prison with 16 years credited for pre-trial detention and time served. He was only given 19 years for genocide, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
Brace yourself, my dear
The sentence has not gone over well with survivors and families of the victims of the Khmer Rouge. He may live until his release, and millions died under the Khmer Rouge. Present at his trial was Chum Mey, one of three living survivors of Tuol Seng. The Khmer Rouge murdered his wife and children. He said “millions of people died, a lot of cash has been spent on the court – and also the perpetrator is free (in 19 years)? I am not happy with that.”
Discover more information on this subject
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge
csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0726/Khmer-Rouge-executioner-found-guilty-but-Cambodians-say-sentence-too-light
bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10763409
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