By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The U.S. says the death of Khmer Rouge
co-founder and foreign minister Ieng Sary highlights the need to
expedite the trials of leaders of the communist regime whose late 1970s
rule killed an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says the U.S. continues
to support Cambodia's U.N.-backed tribunal to bring to justice those
responsible for atrocities.
She called for an "expeditious" and "comprehensive" process.
The 87-year-old Ieng Sary, who died Thursday, was one of the three
Khmer Rouge leaders on trial in the Cambodia-based court, which opened
in 2006. Despite $150 million in funding, there's been only one
conviction.
Remaining on trial are ex-head of state Khieu Samphan, who is 81, and
former chief ideologist, Nuon Chea, who is 86. Both are frail and have
suffered strokes.
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