Even more than 43 years later, recognition has not been adequately given to those who died and those who survived the incident, according to Maguire.
The court ruled that the ECCC had no jurisdiction to prosecute Im Chaem.
On May 12, 1975, Cambodian gunboats intercepted the US merchant ship Mayaguez in Cambodian waters and forced it to dock at Koh Tang island.
Ex-Khmer Rouge cadre Im Chaem does nothing by halves.
Tourism officials discuss plans for war museum that would feature strongman Idi Amin, among others, but some argue country is not ready to revisit dark times
Les Kosem was involved in the now-defunct United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races, better known by its acronym, FULRO.
VOA Khmer’s Chetra Chap on the sidelines of the Asian Studies conference to discuss with David Chandler about Cambodia’s relationship with China, authoritarianism in Southeast Asia, and his career as a historian.
A UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia is currently trying two surviving former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea. After its inception 12 years ago the tribunal has sentenced one mid-level leader to life in prison. Critics say the tribunal has moved too slowly.
The Khmer Rouge leader’s remote final resting place lies all but forgotten, yet many Cambodians cannot escape memories of his rule of terror.
Im Chaem ended up serving as a district chief who allegedly supervised large-scale slave labor and mass killings, according to prosecutors at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, who spent years trying to charge her with crimes against humanity.
Observers said they do not believe that cases 003 and 004 will go to trial due to the strong opposition from Hun Sen.
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