KRouge trial waits on ill accused to recover

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal was postponed yesterday until next week to allow the oldest of the three former regime leaders on trial to recover from bronchitis.
Trial hearings have been on hold since Ieng Sary, 86, was rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties last Thursday. He was discharged on Tuesday but doctors said he still needed a few days' rest in the detention facility.
Ieng Sary, the regime's former foreign minister, is the most frail of the trio in the dock for their roles in the deaths of up to two million people in the late 1970s.
Health fears have long hung over the court with the octogenarian defendants all suffering from varying ailments, but this marks the first time their trial has been hit by significant illness-related delays since it opened in November.
The UN-backed court will reconvene on Monday when judges will change the schedule and call a witness whose testimony is not expected to impact on Ieng Sary's case, presiding judge Nil Nonn said.