Phnom Penh - Lawyers for the former chief torturer of Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge on Wednesday requested his release from prison, one day after he made a historic public apology and admitted guilt before a UN-backed tribunal.
Kaing Guek Eav, known by his revolutionary alias Duch, faces charges of crimes against humanity, torture, premeditated murder and breaches of the Geneva Conventions, but defence lawyers said his almost 10 years of pre-trial detention violated international law and the Cambodian constitution.