KRouge defence removes documents from website

Source: AFP

PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Lawyers for a former Khmer Rouge leader removed documents from their website Thursday after officials at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court warned the material was confidential.

Investigating judges told the defence team of former foreign minister Ieng Sary on Tuesday it would "face sanctions" unless all documents relating to judicial investigations were taken down from its website within 48 hours.

Ieng Sary, 83, is one of five leaders from the late 1970s regime charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes, but details of the investigation ahead of his trial are kept confidential.

Defence lawyers posted a statement on the website saying they regretted having to remove an appeal for a psychiatric evaluation of Ieng Sary as well as two filings about potential conflicts in his investigation.



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