Police Enter Home of Khmer Rouge Leader
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Police entered the home of the former foreign minister of the communist Khmer Rouge regime early Monday in an apparent move to arrest him for trial before Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal, witnesses said.
Police cordoned off the street outside Ieng Sary's Phnom Penh home at about 5:30 a.m. Police officers and tribunal officials moved into the house at about 6 a.m., the earliest permissible time for arrests under tribunal rules.
Police forced reporters away from the entrance to the house, and the tribunal's public affairs chief, Helen Jarvis, declined to comment on the development. At least one tribunal official who had taken part in the arrest of a previous suspect in September was seen accompanying the police party.
Ieng Sary's arrest has been widely anticipated as one of five unnamed suspects earlier listed by tribunal prosecutors. Two have already been taken into custody.
Ieng Sary was not available for comment. But like other surviving Khmer Rouge leaders, he has repeatedly denied responsibilities for any crimes.
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