Im Chaem, a former Khmer Rouge commander who is among five suspects at the UN-backed tribunal, says she is innocent of charges levied against her by court prosecutors and jested in an exclusive interview that charges of war crimes would be “deadly” for her. According to an introductory submission by prosecutors obtained by VOA Khmer, Im Chaem has been implicated in a purge of the Khmer Rouge’s Northwest Zone and as head of a security center where an estimated 40,000 people died under the regime. Prosecutors say Im Chaem was involved in a “common criminal plan, or joint criminal enterprise,” along with a second suspect, Ta Tith, to “execute all perceived enemies of the [Khmer Rouge] regime.” The case against Im Chaem, Ta Tith and a third suspect, Ta An, known in court parlance as Case 004, is currently in the hands of investigating judges, who have said they have doubts about whether they were “most responsible” for atrocity crimes of the Khmer Rouge.