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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 02:38 PM
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Ex-Khmer Rouge head of state charged...with crimes against humanity and war crimes
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Ex-Khmer Rouge head of state charged

By KER MUNTHIT, Associated Press Writer

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal arrested the former Khmer Rouge head of state and charged him Monday with crimes against humanity and war crimes, a spokesman said.

Khieu Samphan was the last of five senior officials of the brutal regime to be taken in custody ahead of a long-delayed genocide trial.

Police arrested Khieu Samphan, 76, at a Phnom Penh hospital where he had been undergoing treatment since Nov. 14 after a stroke. Officers held his arms to support him as they led him to a police car, which sped away in a heavily guarded convoy to the tribunal's offices.

Khieu Samphan later was "formally charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes" during his appearance before the co-investigating judges, said tribunal spokesman Reach Sambath.

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skipos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 02:39 PM
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1. Why were these trials so delayed? nt
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 02:53 PM
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3. Lot of information at the link provided. n/t
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-19-07 02:46 PM
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2. Hey, UN Tribunal....
Plenty of work over here! (waving frantically)
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