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'Crimes against humanity'
19/11/2007 22:51 - (SA)
Phnom Penh - Cambodia's "Killing Fields"
tribunal has charged former Khmer Rouge President Khieu Samphan
with crimes against humanity, a spokesperson for the court said on Monday.
The French-educated fighter, who has denied
knowledge of any atrocities committed by the Pol Pot-led Khmer
Rouge during its 1975-79 reign of terror, also stands accused of
war crimes, court spokesperson Reach Sambath said.
The tribunal placed Khieu Samphan, who was arrested by
rifle-toting Cambodian police earlier on Monday after his
release from a Phnom Penh hospital, under provisional detention
for one year. His lawyers plan to appeal against the detention.
- Reuters
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