(31 Mar 09 - RV) The trial of a former teacher accused of carrying out the murderous
policies of the Khmer Rouge is underway this week. Prosecutors yesterday opened their
first case in a U.N.-assisted genocide tribunal against the 66 year-old Kaing GuekEav,
who is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as torture and
homicide. The director of Jesuit Refugee Services in Cambodia, Sr. Denise Coghlan
says she hopes the trial will allow the true extent of the Khmer Rouge atrocities
to emergeā¦