Another Khmer Rouge Official Arrested
Khieu Samphan, the former president of the Khmer Rouge has finally been arrested in Cambodia. His arrest may be the last one made by the tribunal that is finally trying to make these people pay for their crimes against humanity.
The former president of the Khmer Rouge regime has been taken from his hospital bed by armed men and arrested to face charges of crimes against humanity.
Khieu Samphan, 76, suffered a stroke last week according to some reports, but witnesses say he was able to walk to the waiting vehicles before being driven away.
He is the fifth, and possibly final, figure from the ultra-Maoist regime blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million Cambodians in the late 1970s to be arrested……
…..Experts say that as titular head of state Khieu Samphan was not much involved in the daily running of the regime and the case against him is weaker than for the other defendants. It rests on the allegation that he was aware of the genocide and did nothing to stop it.
Samphan already has an attorney. The same guy who defended Klaus Barbie, Carlos the Jackal and Slobodan Milosovic.
Uncategorized | Gaius Monday, 19 November , 2007
By Anthony (Los Angeles), Monday, 19 November , 2007 @ 11:42 am
I’m sure Ramsey Clarke is already winging his way thither to save yet another dictator.