Ieng Sary’s health would not improve and “stabilising” him was the best that could be hoped for, doctors told judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

Richard Rogers said ongoing turmoil in the Office of the Co-Investigating Judges had affected his client’s rights.

Ieng Sary has been undergoing emergency treatment for bronchitis, according to a medical report read aloud at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

Officials remained tight-lipped about the whereabouts and health of former Khmer Rouge Minister for For­­­eign Affairs Ieng Sary.

Life under the Khmer Rouge regime was one of perpetual fear, former child soldier Pean Khean testified at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks regarding the guilt of Case 002 former Brother No 2 Nuon Chea “risk being interpreted as an attempt to improperly influence the judges in charge of the case”.

Hearings at the Khmer Rouge tribunal were interrupted when former regime foreign minister Ieng Sary had to be sent to hospital.

Japanese judge Motoo Noguchi announced his resignation from the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

By the end of June, funding for the international side of the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal will have run out.

Of the 30 interrogators from the S-21 detention centre, Prak Khan, 60, is the only one left.

The outgoing reserve international co-investigating judge said staff at the tribunal have criminally interfered with investigations.

Examination of witnesses at the Khmer Rouge tribunal was abruptly cut short yesterday when former Khmer Rouge bodyguard Pean Khean became too ill to testify.

Upon his arrival, he vowed to keep the public informed, and it is this very act that has caused so much trouble for international reserve co-investigating judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, who departs the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

Suspects in Case 003 Meas Muth and Sou Met are among those most responsible for the crimes committed during the Democratic Kampuchea regime, the office of the co-investigating judges decided.

The Khmer Rouge tribunal conducted a closed session to discuss apprehensions over the testimony of Ratanakkiri ethnic minority Pean Khean.

David Scheffer said the appointment process for two new international co-investigating judges at the tribunal was moving forward swiftly.

Defence teams at the Khmer Rouge tribunal continued their battle to have New Zealand judge Silvia Cartwright removed from the bench hearing the court’s Case 002.

Nuon Chea’s defence counsel attempted to implicate Finance Minister Keat Chhon and Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong for their alleged roles during the reign of the Khmer Rouge.