War Crimes Tribunal in Cambodia

(30 Jun 08 - RV) In an appeal against his detention, former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary appeared Monday before Cambodia’s genocide tribunal. Charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity, he is the most prominent surviving leader from the former Moaist regime that ruled the Southeast Asian country from 1975 to 1979.

About 1.7 million people died under the Khmer Rouge which attempted to create an agrarian society. Hundreds of thousands starved while many others were tortured and executed.

The Director of Jesuit Refugee Services in Cambodia,Sister Denise Coghlan, told Kelsea Brennan-Wessels about how the Cambodian people view this trial...