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Khmer Rouge prison chief could get 40 years
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence Wednesday for a man whom they described as snuffing out innocent lives and spreading terror across Cambodia. Kaing Guek Eav commanded the notorious S-21 prison, where those accused of disloyalty to the xenophobic communist regime were held. He oversaw the torture and execution of about 16,000 men, women and children during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-79 rule. More »
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