The prosecution of additional suspects is critical to the ability of the tribunal to give the public a realistic picture of responsibility for a broad range of Khmer Rouge atrocities
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After six months I left that movement because I realised I had been wrong about the Khmer Rouge
I admired the Vietcong and, by extension, the Khmer Rouge ... The theory was, and is, that where a genuine movement of national liberation was fighting against imperialism, it received our unconditional support.
There were times when the doubts crept into my mind, but I wouldn't express them to the group of the other people until later. But you shouldn't exaggerate it. I was crazy enough to support the Khmer Rouge when I came home, and I quieted that voice
We had been fooled by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. We had supported criminals
I have had countless gunfights in the past with former Khmer Rouge fighters, but I have never been in any danger
They [the Khmer Rouge] fought to stop the Vietnamese from taking our country ... You can print that the U.N. trial will not bring justice for Cambodia.
These are old mines, laid during the war between the government and the Khmer Rouge ... After Cambodia signed the Ottawa Convention, we destroyed all of our supplies and did not lay new mines. We only clear mines.
Another Khmer Rouge soldier ordered the shooting of Howes in the head, and then I turned my face away and felt shock.
The German Government regards the Khmer Rouge Tribunal as an important step towards trying the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge during their reign from 1975 to 1979 and bringing to justice those responsible. Furthermore the German commitment is linked with the expectation that the tribunal ... will become a model for the development of the legal system and legal culture in Cambodia.
The Khmer Rouge asked me what my job was and I lied and told them I was a farmer. It was only by going into the fields and observing what people did that I didn't get killed. I watched the farming methods that everyone else was using and simply copied whatever they did. Somehow they never noticed that I wasn't a farmer and I avoided death.