Japan to help Cambodia pay its share of Khmer Rouge trial
![At least 1.5 million people were killed in Cambodia under the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge. [Reuters]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200901/r328673_1478127.jpg "At least 1.5 million people were killed in Cambodia under the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge. [Reuters]")
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At least 1.5 million people were killed in Cambodia under the brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge. [Reuters]
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The Japanese government says it will contribute $US200,000 in urgently needed assistance to help Cambodia cover a shortfall of funds for the UN assisted trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders.
The Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh says the assistance was requested by Cambodia to finance its share of the budget.
Japan has so far contributed more than $20 million for the trials.
The court is currently handling the case against former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Ieu, better known as Duch - the first of five Khmer Rouge figures detained by the tribunal to be tried.
His full trial, expected to last for three months, starts on March 30.
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