On this date, August 19, 1979, Pol
Pot and Ieng Sary was sentenced to death in absentia in the People's Revolutionary Tribunal. I will post information about the event
from Wikipedia.
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People's
Revolutionary Tribunal
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The
People's Revolutionary Tribunal was a tribunal established by the People's Republic of Kampuchea in
1979 to try the Khmer Rouge leaders Pol Pot and Ieng Sary in
absentia for genocide.
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LEFT TO RIGHT: Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot and
Joseph Stalin [PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.wordonfire.org/WoF-Blog/WoF-Blog/May-2011/Current-Events-Death-of-a-Terrorist.aspx]
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The
tribunal began seven months after the overthrow of Khmer Rouge's Democratic Kampuchea and was staffed by both
Cambodian and international lawyers. The tribunal was held at Phnom Penh's Chaktomuk
Theatre and transcripts of the proceedings were made available in Khmer,
French and English. The court heard testimony from 39 witnesses over five days.
The verdict, handed down on August 19, 1979, found the two leaders of the Khmer
Rouge guilty of genocide, sentenced them to death and ordered the confiscation
of their property.
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| Pol Pot meets Hitler & Stalin in hell! [PHOTO SOURCE: http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=13753&l=en] |
Defense
Perceptions
of the trial
At
that time many Western countries led by the United States dismissed the People's
Republic of Kampuchea as a puppet of Vietnam and the tribunal as a show trial.
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Ieng Sary, centre with cap, in 1977. It is
estimated that a quarter of Cambodia's population were murdered or perished
during the Khmer Rouge's years in power. Photograph: Documentation Centre of
Cambodia/AFP
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After
the trial
Ieng
Sary was granted a royal pardon by King Norodom Sihanouk in 1996 in exchange
for his defection to the government. Pol Pot died in 1998 shortly after he was
placed in house arrest by his deputy Ta Mok.
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Pol Pot Comical [PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.robrogers.com/gallery/old_favorites/images/best_98/pulitzer_entries/042198%20Pol%20Pot%20Envy.gif]
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