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On Tuesday, March 31 2009, former Khmer Rouge official "Comrade Duch" begged forgiveness from survivors of the Cambodian genocide at the UN-backed Cambodian Court.

Ageing Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan, facing potential indictment by an atrocity crimes tribunal, was whisked to a Phnom Penh hospital following a stroke this week.

He was once one of Cambodia's most respected opposition figures, but Khieu Samphan fled persecution only to become the Khmer Rouge head of state and now awaits trial.

After two decades, the trials of Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes against humanity are finally to begin. The first to be charged is Kang Kek Ieu, head of infamous S21 Jail.

Nuon Chea, Brother Number Two under the infamous Khmer Rouge regime, has been arrested with a view to facing human rights charges in the forthcoming UN-backed tribunal.

The trial of Tuol Sleng prison chief Duch, the first senior member of the Khmer Rouge regime to face justice, will soon deliver its verdict.