Duch, The Khmer Rouge executioner to face life sentence

Also known as Duch, the Khmer Rouge executioner is to face life sentence for killing thousand of people for Pol Pot. The verdict is expected to be taken on Monday.

Duch is the one responsible for the deaths of 14,000 victims of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime at the S-21 torture prison in the Cambodian capital .

Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, was the head of S-21 and from where few people escaped alive.

“We call on the souls of … those brothers and sisters who have died in Tuol Sleng (S-21) and (the killing fields of) Choeung Ek after enduring unspeakable atrocities and who are now in the afterworld to please come back and to listen to the verdict,” said Chum Sirath of the victims association of the Khmer Rouge regime.

“When you have heard the verdict, we ardently pray for your souls to enjoy peace and happiness with words denied to you during your time on this earth.”

“I have been waiting for justice for 30 years,” he said.

“If the verdict does not please me, I will be disappointed forever.”

There were at least 1.7 million people who died under the 1975-1979 Khmer Rouge regime from execution, disease, starvation and overwork.

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