"The Co-Investigating Judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia" have charged Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch Schultz, for crimes against humanity and have placed him in provisional detention," said a tribunal statement. The accused is said to have headed the S-21 prison in Phnom Penh when the Khmer Rouge held power between 1975-79. Suspected enemies of the regime were held here and tortured before being taken out to "killing fields" near the capital.
Due to delays, the first trials are not expected until all the defendants die peacefully in their sleep early next year.
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