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Nuon Chea said he wanted to see original documentation and hear recordings of his own voice before giving the accusations credence.
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In it are dozens of photographs from a 1978 trip Becker took with other journalists at the invitation of Khmer Rouge leaders.
The aid came “without conditions” and was not expected to be reimbursed, he said under questioning from a court prosecutor.
Cambodia has around 200 government-provided land concessions, totally 2 million hectares.
The men had been forced to work long hours for little pay aboard the boat before escaping to Indonesia.
Becker’s book relies in part on her early reporting on the Khmer Rouge and interviews with its leaders, including Pol Pot.
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced last week he wanted the men arrested.
There are six million people in the Asia Pacific living with HIV, about 15 percent of the world total.
The court is currently trying three more top leaders of the regime, but many critics say this is as far as the hybrid court will go.
Meanwhile, two suspects in those cases told VOA Khmer this week they would be relieved to have the cases dropped.
Kaing Kek Iev, better known as Duch, had appealed to reduce his 35-year-term.
Duch, who is 69, was handed a commuted sentence of 19 years at the end of his atrocity crimes trial in 2010.
Some of Wednesday’s female protesters tore off their shirts as they faced off with riot police carrying batons and shields.
Defense attorneys for three jailed regime leaders have challenged the authenticity of documents from the well-established organization.
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party received about 78 percent of the votes, with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party taking the remainder.
Hun Sen said Tuesday he would take back land concessions if the violence continues.
Nil Nonn, head judge of the Trial Chamber, stopped him and reminded him to keep his questions limited to the case at hand—No. 002.
Nearly 80 land cases involved government land concessions that affected more than 30,000 families.
Sia Phearum told “Hello VOA” people are being forced off land they earned through “backbreaking” work.
The UN sent its expert for the court to Cambodia this week to meet with government and court officials over a UN-appointed judge.
Overcoming such trauma is not easy and going back into the past does not help either, Sam Keo said.
