UN set to try Khmer Rouge leaders

Updated: 08:45, Monday, 17 March 2003

A senior official in Cambodia has said an agreement has been reached with the UN to set up a special genocide court for former leaders of the Khmer Rouge

A senior official in Cambodia has said an agreement has been reached with the United Nations to set up a special genocide court for former leaders of the Khmer Rouge.

The breakthrough came after a weekend of talks in the Cambodian capital to try to finalise a draft agreement on the format for the trial.

The ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge, who ruled the southeast Asian nation from 1975 to 1979, are held responsible for the deaths of around 1.7 million people.

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