2/18/09

China defends relations with Khmer Rouge
Beijing (AFP) Feb 17, 2009
China refused to comment Tuesday on the trial of the man known as the torturer-in-chief of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, but defended its "friendly relations" with the genocidal regime. "The trial of the leaders of the Democratic Kampuchea is an internal affair of Cambodia," foreign ministry spokesman Jiang Yu said, referring to the name of the government that ruled Cambodia from 1975-1979. ... more