Tuesday, February 17, 2009
China defends its Khmer Rouge ties as trial opens
Posted on 2:21 AM by svdfbd
BEIJING, Feb 17 (Reuters) - China defended its ties with Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime saying it was part of normal diplomatic relations, as a trial began on Tuesday in Phnom Penh of the group's chief torturer.The Khmer Rouge are blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people during their 1975-79 reign of terror in which many of their victims were tortured and executed. The rest died of disease,
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