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Comrade Duch sentenced to 35 years in prison

Conflict & Justice

On Monday, Cambodia convicted a major Khmer Rouge figure, Comrade Duch, for his connection with the deaths of 1.7 million people from 1975 to 1979. BBC reporter Guy de Launey reports from Cambodia on the significant conviction.

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