Cambodia

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer had to "kill or be killed" and operate like an "obedient machine," his lawyer said on Thursday in defending the first member of Cambodia's murderous regime to face justice. In the final two days of testimony in the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal, a lawyer for the commander of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison said his client's life was at stake when he ordered the murder of more than 14,000 people in the 1970s. Speaking a day after prosecutors asked the court to sentence Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, to 40 ... Read Full Story

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer expressed "excruciating remorse" on Wednesday for more than 14,000 people killed under his watch at a notorious prison during Cambodia's ultra-Maoist revolution of the 1970s. In the final week of testimony for the first senior Khmer Rouge cadre to face the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal, Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, said he was solely liable for the killings but that he served a "criminal organization." "I found I had ended up serving a criminal organization which destroyed its own people in outrageous fashion. I could not withdraw from it," said the ... Read Full Story

Prosecutors asked Cambodia's war crimes court Wednesday to hand a 40-year jail term to former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, accused of overseeing 15,000 deaths at the regime's main torture centre. The former cadre, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, was set to give his final remarks later Wednesday in which he is expected to beg forgiveness for his role in the communist movement behind the "Killing Fields" atrocities. But lawyers for the prosecution said the previous expressions of remorse by the 67-year-old former maths teacher were limited and did not amount to a full guilty plea before the UN-backed tribunal. "We submit... Read Full Story

i transit the fly at singapore, i want fly to phnom penh (cambodia) by jet star airline, but i don’t have airticket yet, i will buy the air ticket at singapore, so some one please tell me where can i buy the ticket (not from internet) ? there are ticket sell in the airport or not ? thanks before hand !!! Related Entries What Internet Site Can I Check Airline Prices From Singapore To Sydney? Which Tour Agency Or Where Can I Buy The Cheapest Singapore Airlines Ticket From Singapore To Tokyo? I Want To Know About My International Ticket Pnr From Ahmedabad To ... Read Full Story

Twenty years ago it would have been quite impossible for this lovely cultural city to have been featured on any travel list… Siem Reap, Cambodia They say that travel broadens the mind, and certainly those who have been fortunate enough to experience other cultures have a much broader perspective on the world. Most avid travelers have a list of places they intend to visit, either mentally, or a physical list which they tick off. However, the more wonderful places we discover and hear about, the longer the list gets. Somehow I fear we shall all die without ever reaching the end of our list, ... Read Full Story