Prosecutors in the trial in Cambodia of two surviving leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime have begun summing up their case.

THE top surviving commanders of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime masterminded one of the “worst horrors” of the 20th century, creating a living nightmare by killing or enslaving millions of Cambodians, a UN-backed war crimes trial has heard.

The Khmer Rouge jailer with the blood of thousands of victims on his hands today admitted his guilt in public for the first time.