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| Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav should be jailed for 40 years, a prosecutor has told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court. | Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav should be jailed for 40 years, a prosecutor has told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court. |
| Kaing, known as Comrade Duch, has admitted responsibility and apologised for overseeing the deaths of 15,000 people at Tuol Sleng prison. | Kaing, known as Comrade Duch, has admitted responsibility and apologised for overseeing the deaths of 15,000 people at Tuol Sleng prison. |
| The tribunal is not expected to give a verdict before early next year. | The tribunal is not expected to give a verdict before early next year. |
| Up to two million Cambodians died under Pol Pot's brutal Khmer Rouge rule in the 1970s. | Up to two million Cambodians died under Pol Pot's brutal Khmer Rouge rule in the 1970s. |
| 'Dreams denied' | |
| Co-prosecutor Bill Smith told the court in Phnom Penh that 67-year-old Duch had acknowledged his guilt and had given evidence against other Khmer Rouge leaders but must be held accountable for his "unrelenting brutality" at the prison. | |
| A sentence of 45 years should be imposed, but five years had been deducted to take account of Duch's co-operation and time he had already served, Mr Smith said. | A sentence of 45 years should be imposed, but five years had been deducted to take account of Duch's co-operation and time he had already served, Mr Smith said. |
| "Your honours should be mindful of the dreams and opportunities that were denied," Mr Smith said of those killed in the prison, and "the loss and suffering of the families of the victims who are still suffering to this very day." | "Your honours should be mindful of the dreams and opportunities that were denied," Mr Smith said of those killed in the prison, and "the loss and suffering of the families of the victims who are still suffering to this very day." |
| Duch is scheduled to address the court in his own defence later in the day. | Duch is scheduled to address the court in his own defence later in the day. |
| The BBC's Guy Delauney, in Cambodia, said the prosecution had pulled no punches, describing the "unimaginable brutality" of conditions in Tuol Sleng prison. | |
| As many as 17,000 inmates are thought to have passed through the gates of the prison, also known as S-21. | |
| The vast majority were tortured, forced to "confess" to crimes against the regime and then put to death at the so-called killing fields just outside Phnom Penh. |