Cambodia’s genocide tribunal today indicted the four top surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime blamed for 1.7 million deaths in the 1970s, paving the way for the panel’s long-awaited second trial next year.

The Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of deaths at an infamous torture centre asked Cambodia’s genocide tribunal to release him today saying he had already spent 10 years in jail awaiting trial.

PROSECUTORS in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence yesterday for a man they say is responsible for the killing of innocent people and spreading terror across Cambodia.

PROSECUTORS in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence yesterday for a man they say is responsible for the killing of innocent people and spreading terror across Cambodia.

Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence today for a man they said took innocent lives and spread terror across Cambodia.