Top three Khmer Rouge leaders in the dock
- 12 years ago
Prosecutors at a war crimes trial in Cambodia have accused three former Khmer Rouge leaders of turning the country into a slave camp.
The defendants - Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary - are the most senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Co-prosecutor, Chea Leang said during the trial: "No exceptions were made in the execution of this senseless, brutal crime. Those who resisted were threatened, beaten or shot dead on the spot."
More than 1.7 million people died under its rule in the late 1970s.
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports.
The defendants - Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary - are the most senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Co-prosecutor, Chea Leang said during the trial: "No exceptions were made in the execution of this senseless, brutal crime. Those who resisted were threatened, beaten or shot dead on the spot."
More than 1.7 million people died under its rule in the late 1970s.
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports.