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Mon, 28 Mar 2011
Radio Australia News
Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge prison chief, Duch, will appeal against his 30-year prison sentence when the UN-backed war crimes court hears appeals on Monday.
Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, was found guilty in July 2010 for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
His crimes include overseeing the torture and deaths of 15,000 people at Tuol Sleng prison in the late 1970s.
He was the first Khmer Rouge official to face an international tribunal.
During his trial, Duch repeatedly apologised for overseeing mass murder at the detention centre, also known as S-21.
But he shocked the court by asking to be acquitted in November 2009.
Duch's lawyers say they plan to appeal to the court he was not one of the regime's senior leaders, nor was he the most responsible for the crimes committed.
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