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February 3, 2012

Khmer Rouge Commander Gets Life Term 
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A U.N.-backed tribunal in Cambodia has extended the sentence of a senior
Khmer Rouge commander to life in prison. Kaing Guek Eav, who is known as
Duch, was initially sentenced to a term amounting to 19 years for
overseeing the torture and the killing of more than 14,000 people. The
initial verdict had outraged Khmer Rouge victims who had called for Duch
to be jailed for life.



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