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In its only previous case, the court last year convicted Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, who ran the main prison and torture house of the Khmer Rouge.
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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Bou Meng, survivor of the infamous Tuol Sleng prison, and a picture of Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, whose prison sentence was increased to life in an appeal ruling Friday by the Khmer Rouge tribunal's highest judiciary chamber.
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Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, was commander of the top secret Tuol Sleng prison codenamed S-21.
Khmer Rouge jailer Duch's sentence increased by Cambodia court 2012
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In its only previous case, the court last year convicted Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, who ran the main prison and torture house of the Khmer Rouge.
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That marks a change from Case One, where former security chief Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, admitted his role and pledged to cooperate with the court.
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Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, at the hearing where his sentence was increased from 35 years to life.
Khmer Rouge jailer Duch's sentence increased by Cambodia court 2012
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The court has so far handed down just one sentence, a 35-year jail term, commuted to 19 years, for Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, over his role in the deaths of more than 14,000 people at the notorious S-21 torture centre in Phnom Penh.
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The court has so far handed down just one sentence, a 35-year jail term, commuted to 19 years, for Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, over his role in the deaths of more than 14,000 people at the notorious S-21 torture centre in Phnom Penh.
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The crimes of Kaing Guek Eav were of a particularly shocking and heinous character based on the number of people who were proven to have been killed, the judge said.
Khmer Rouge jailer Duch's sentence increased by Cambodia court 2012
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That marks a change from Case One, where former security chief Kaing Guek Eav, known as Comrade Duch, admitted his role and pledged to cooperate with the court.
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