Khieu Samphan verdict tomorrow

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is scheduled to give its verdict on the appeal of Khieu Samphan, former President of the Democratic Kampuchea regime, over his conviction on charges under Case 002/02, on Thursday.

Case 002/02 refers to the second trial against Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge (KR), where the duo was convicted of crimes against humanity, genocide against the Cham and the Vietnamese, forced marriages and rape. Trial hearings in Case 002/02 commenced on October 17, 2014, and concluded on January 11, 2017, and the duo was sentenced to life imprisonment on March 28, 2019.

Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea subsequently appealed the conviction. Nuon Chea died on August 4, 2019, leaving Khieu Samphan the sole KR leader before the court. According to the ECCC website, on September 15, 2010, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan (together with Ieng Sary and Ieng Thirith) were indicted on charges of crimes against humanity, genocide, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 in what is referred as Case 002.

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