Cambodians travel to work Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, outside the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia as the first day of a UN-backed tribunal was set to get underway. Former Khmer Rouge prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also known as 'Duch' is the first of five former Khmer Rouge leaders to be tried for crimes against humanity. At least 1.5 million people died of disease, executions or were worked to death during the Khmer Rouge's reign from 1975 to 1979. With no death penalty in Cambodia, the maximum sentence 'Duch' could face would be life imprisonment.
(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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