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The Golden Hour for Hope: Kaing Guek Eav on Trial
- Posted on 02.17.09
Related causes: Human Rights
Kaing Guek Eav
Context : Cambodia
Judgement Place : Cambodia
Status : On trial
Particulars : Detained by Cambodian authorities since 1999; Charged with crimes against humanity and provisionally detained by the Extraordinary Chambers (ECCC) on 31 July 2007; trial began on 17 February 2009
Position : Director of the S21/Tuol Sleng detention and torture center
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Kaing Guek Eav, better know as Duch, was born around 1942 in the Kampong Thom province. He taught mathematics and was drawn toward Communism by a group of Chinese exchange students at the University of Phnom Penh.
Arrested by Prince Sihanouk's police as a "Communist", he was held without trial for several months. Soon after Sihanouk was overthrown, Duch went into the maquis. In the early 1970s, Duch was in charge of security for the Communist Party north of Phno...Read More
