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Many victims of the Khmer Rouge regime may now get justice

A Dreadful mark punctuating Cambodia’s recent history will be reached tomorrow when the UN-backed special war crimes court known as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) hands down its verdict on Kaing Guek Eav.

Better known as Comrade Duch, he stands accused of the murders of 14,000 innocent fellow citizens during the dark night of the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979.