Tribunal says Cambodian genocide defendant with Alzheimer’s unfit for trial
Cambodia’s U.N.-backed tribunal yesterday ruled that a former senior Khmer Rouge leader is unfit to stand trial for genocide and other crimes because she has Alzheimer’s disease. The tribunal said the illness diminishes Ieng Thirith’s mental capacity and ordered the 79-year-old defendant freed from detention. She behaved erratically at earlier court appearances, and her lawyers had requested the medical exams.
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