Khmer Rouge Victims Seek Memorials in Tribunal Closing Statements

Survivors of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime packed a courtroom in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to hear the start of closing statements in the trial of the group's most senior living ex-leaders. Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for their part in the 1970s rule of the communist Khmer Rouge, which is blamed for the deaths of as many as 2 million Cambodians. Pich Ang, a lawyer for the civil party complainants, told the court his clients are ...

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