Khmer Rouge leader seeks bail
23/4/08
The former head of state of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge government has appeared at United Nations-backed tribunal to appeal for release from his pre-trial detention. The tribunal has charged Khieu Samphan, 76, with crimes against humanity and war crimes committed when the communist Khmer Rouge held power between 1975 and 1979. Wednesday’s hearing in a special court on the outskirts of Phnom Penh was closed to reporters and members of the public at the request of prosecutors. Khieu Samphan, detained by the tribunal since November 19 last year, is one of five former Khmer Rouge leaders in custody awaiting trial.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B44F6DDF-600A-4411-A0B8-DD8B5611AAA6.htm