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Khmer Rouge Trial

Accused refuse to admit guilt

REUTERS, Phnom Penh
It might be the last time Cambodians hear the words of the elderly men prosecutors say were most responsible for the deaths and suffering of millions under the Khmer Rouge's 1970s "Killing Fields" rule.
There were no last-ditch pleas for forgiveness from the two defendants, the right-hand men of the late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, who protested their innocence in their final arguments before a UN-backed court hopingto deliver justice before the accused die, or donors' funding dries up.
"Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, 87, and former president Khieu Samphan showed no emotion yesterday when delivering statements to the people they are accused of betraying when they ruled from 1975 to 1979, when Cambodia was turned into a virtual slave labour camp in which as many as 2.2 million died of disease, starvation, torture and execution.
Khieu Samphan, 81, insisted he was a leader without power, who took no decisions that resulted in atrocities. He said he was paying the price for being close to Pol Pot.
"For the presumption that I am a monster... you seem to believe that I am guilty. To date, everyone wants only one thing from me - my admission of guilt on the charges of crimes that I never ever committed, at all, “ he said.
Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan are the only two defendants left in the complex case 002, which initially had four, charged with crimes against humanity and genocide, among other offences.
Former foreign minister leng Sary, who was educated in France, like Pol Pot, Khieu Samphan and other Cambodian communist leaders, died this year and his wife, former social affairs minister leng Thirith, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and declared unfit for trial.
The two face a maximum sentence of life in prison as
Cambodia do not have death penalty.
To secure a conviction speedily, the prosecution has been split into smaller cases and no time frame has been set for other charges. A verdict is due in the first half of 2014.
Nuon Chea is in poor health and has often been unable to attend proceedings. He expressed remorse for the victims of the Khmer Rouge and said he had no real power in the regime.
Sitting in a wheelchair, he accepted "moral responsibility", but pled innocence before a court he said had insufficient evidence to convict him.
The Khmer Rouge, for years backed by China and recognised by the West during the Cold War, was finally defeated in 1998, months after Pol Pot died after being purged by his comrades.
But the defendants' denial of charges angered survivors and relatives of victims.
"We cannot accept his apology. Khmer Rouge leaders are worse than monsters,” said a witness who lost 11 of her relatives during that treacherous time. "Monsters would kill only a few people, but they killed millions of people."
The kingdom does not use the death penalty so life imprisonment is the toughest sentence that the court can