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The Future
It remains to be seen whether the wheels of justice will turn fast enough to deliver a verdict
on the remaining Khmer Rouge leaders on trial. However, that justice has already been
served in the case of Comrade Duch has provided a measure of closure for some victims
and sends an important political message to the current Cambodian leadership regarding
accountability for their actions.
The Khmer Rouge period is politically sensitive in Cambodia, due in part to the connections the
current leadership have with the communist movement − so much so that the history of the gen-
ocide was not taught in high schools until 2009.
