PHNOM PENH &#45;&#45; The appearance of the first former Khmer Rouge leader in a special hybrid court established in Cambodia to bring that movement’s surviving leaders to justice provoked a question on which the tribunal’s integrity will depend: should an accused mass murderer be released from prison pending his trial?
金边—第一位前“红色高棉”的领导人出现在柬埔寨的一个特别混合法庭。建立该法庭的目的是为了将“红色高棉”运动尚健在的领导人绳之以法。而这一亮相所激起的公众质疑将直接关乎该法庭的正义性：一个被控犯有大屠杀罪的人在受审期间能够从监狱里放出来么？