PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Kheang Khun was 21 and training to be doctor when he was forced into a Khmer Rouge labour camp, where he was routinely beaten and forced to watch executions of people accused of theft, or simply of falling in love.
Now a businessman, he recounts memories from 39 years ago with anguish, but has moved on and made a success of his life. With a war crimes tribunal deciding the fate on Thursday of "those most responsible" for the horrors of the infamous killing fields, Cambodia, he says, finally has a chance of closure.
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