Judges on Friday added torture and homicide to the list of charges facing the detained former prison chief of the Khmer Rouge, the communist group that once ruled Cambodia with an iron hand.
The charge against Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, was accepted by judges of the U.N.-assisted tribunal that is attempting to establish accountability for atrocities committed when the Khmer Rouge were in power in 1975-1979.
The communist group is considered responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people from starvation, disease, overwork and execution.
Duch, who headed S-21 prison, the Khmer Rouge's largest torture facility, already faces …
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