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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Former Khmer Rouge prison warden Duch asked for release on the last day of his war crimes trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
His lawyer confirmed Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, asked to be released, arguing he wasn't a senior member in the Khmer Rouge chain of command, the BBC reported Friday.
Duch commanded a prison where thousands of detainees were killed in an area now known as the "killing fields." An estimated 2 million Cambodians died under Pol Pot's brutal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s.
The former math teacher, who admitted he oversaw the deaths of 15,000 people, said he cooperated fully with the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal and had been detained since 1999.
"I would ask the chamber to release me. Thank you very much," he said at the end of his closing argument.
The judges adjourned without acting on Duch's request, the BBC reported. The judges are expected to issue their decision next year.
Duch is the first of five Khmer Rouge leaders to appear before the tribunal. The joint trial of four more senior Khmer Rouge leaders is expected to start in 2011.
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