The Phnom Penh Post

Lawyers appeal severance order

The prosecution took the Khmer Rouge tribunal Trial Chamber to task in an appeal of the court’s recent decision to re-sever Case 002 filed on May 10, criticising its ruling’s failure to grasp “the fundamental nature or theme” of the case itself.

Biographer calls Samphan ‘smokescreen’

The Khieu Samphan defence took over questioning of journalist and biographer Philip Short in the afternoon session of the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

Defence takes aim at Short’s credentials

Journalist and author Philip Short found his work – and even his personal perspective – the subject of severe scrutiny as his testimony continued at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

KR ignored China’s calls for restraint

Journalist and author Philip Short took the stand at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday, expounding at length on the hierarchy and history of the Democratic Kampuchea regime

Witness, lawyers spar over death toll at site

Prosecution and defence teams continued to wrangle over the issue of the Tuol Po Chrey execution site during the testimony of former Khmer Rouge platoon leader Lim Sat at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday.

Contradiction mars story of KR massacre

Prosecution, defence and civil party lawyers at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday drilled a former Khmer Rouge soldier with questions about a notorious massacre of Lon Nol military personnel in Pursat province.

Civil party bows out, citing fear for his life

A mid his detailed testimony about chauffeuring foreign delegations around Khmer Rouge-controlled Phnom Penh in late 1975 and 1976

Judges explain Case 002 division

Judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal on Friday issued their reasons for a controversial severance order, a full month after they made a brief oral announcement that the division of Case 002 would stand, untouched.

Even amidst famine, rice kept flowing out

Former Khmer Rouge warehouse manager Ros Suy’s life under the Democratic Kampuchea regime was governed by the orderly flow of goods into the country from abroad

Khmer Rouge’s plan ideal, witness insists

Former Khmer Rouge regiment officer Chuon Thy spent much of his testimony at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday painting a very different picture of the Democratic Kampuchea era than the one commonly accepted as fact.