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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.
Becker’s book relies in part on her early reporting on the Khmer Rouge and interviews with its leaders, including Pol Pot.
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.
Defense attorneys for three jailed regime leaders have challenged the authenticity of documents from the well-established organization.
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.
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.
Bou Meng and Chhum Mey spend less time at the trial of Khmer Rouge leaders these days, and more time at S-21 museum.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon nominated Kasper-Ansermet to replace a German judge who resigned last year.
The Documentation Center has collected nearly 1 million documents on the Khmer Rouge since 1995.
Kasper-Ansermet was to have filled a vacancy created by the departure of German judge Siegfried Blunt - who resigned late last year.
A UN spokesman told VOA Khmer this week the government has an obligation to fill vacant posts at the court.
The UN appointed a reserve judge to the position, Laurent Kasper-Ansermet, but that appointment has not been confirmed.
This comes a day after defense attorneys say they want to summon the head of a leading genocide research organization before the court.
The Documentation Center has provided around 500,000 documents to the tribunal since its inception.
Jailed Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan refused to answer questions from the UN-backed tribunal on Thursday.
