He sued the co-investigating judge for not respecting professional code. ”Marcel Lemonde has no rights to instruct investigating official to find only inculpatory evidence,” he said. “His task is to find both inculpatory and exculpatory evidence.”

The center construction is to symbolize Khmer Rouge victims’ pains and to commemorate and dedicate to the dead during the regime.

The judicial investigation in case 002 will conclude at the end of 2009. Any person who wishes to become a civil party in case 002 should submit to the victims unit their civil party application as soon as possible, preferably before mid November 2009.

Case 002 currently relates to charges against Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith and Khieu Samphan.

Kok Sros claimed that he was really a staff at S-21 security center or Toul Sleng prison from 1975 to 7 January 1979 by order of Duch. Duch also rejected a brutal torture instruction record included into a book written by David Chandler.

Prak Khan said Duch taught him and other interrogators the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) policy relating to interrogation method and torture technique.

Prak Khan said Duch taught interrogators to extract confession from prisoners allegedly linked to CIA or KGB and Vietnamese spies. The interrogation was to find prisoners’ network. Duch was also instructed interrogators to force prisoners to drink their urine and eat excrement and forced the prisoners to confess.

The appointment of Yuko Maeda, former Public Information Officer in the UN Mission in Liberia, as Public Affairs Officer to the Khmer Rouge tribunal was welcomed by Japan, the biggest donor to the hybrid court, on 21 July 2009.

Reach Sambath, Public Affairs Chief at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, said Yuko Maeda would take her office, replacing Peter Foster. She would begin her job on Monday next week.

“Him Huy was a platoon cadre in charge of bringing prisoners into Tuol Sleng detention camp and sending prisoners to be killed at Chhoeung Ek,” Duch said.

No order was given to Him Huy to kill prisoners personally, Duch maintained. Killing prisoners was a task of Him Huy’s subordinates. “Him Huy followed my order toward crimes at Tuol Sleng.”

Judge Nil Nonn, trial chamber president at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, determined that a total of 35 witnesses and victims would appear before court subsequently from 13 July to 26 August 2009.

The schedule reads that next week, the court hears witnesses about the facts of M-13 prison establishment, armed conflicts, and functioning of S-21 security center including Choeung Ek killing fields.

Hun Sen said then Vietnamese soldiers liberated him (infant), adding Keo Montha, post-liberation era’s Phnom Penh Governor and Culture and Industry Minister, asked the infant from the Vietnamese. This shows that the infant has survived until now.

She told Cambodia’s war crimes court she was transferred to S-21 on 10 November 1977 and detained for fifteen days at S-21, being accused of CIA and KJB. Duch rejected Chen Meth detained at S-21,adding Chen Meth was imprisoned at S-24 security center. If Chen Meth was transferred to S-21, she would be taken to kill at Choeung Ek killing fields, Duch said.