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Article: U.N. tribunal may give Cambodians justice.
- Article from:
- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- February 19, 2007
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Byline: Troy Graham
Feb. 19--PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Chum Mey finishes his gruesome tale of torture at Pol Pot's legendary prison, Tuol Sleng, where for 12 days and nights he was beaten and his toenails were pulled from their roots. Then he leans over a table, listening intently, while Prak Khan describes working three shifts, every day, as an "interrogator" at the prison. "We would beat them hard," Prak said, "and torture them if they did not give us the answers. When we whipped them hard and they were bleeding, they gave an answer we want." That these two men -- victim and perpetrator -- could sit together without animosity would seem ...