Khmer Rouge tribunal to get UN help
The United Nations and Cambodia have agreed in principle to boost the integrity
of staff at the country's special tribunal to try former members of the Khmer
Rouge government.
The two sides said in a statement on Wednesday that they would meet to ensure
the joint tribunal is administered in a "transparent, fair and efficient
manner".
The statement follows a meeting a day earlier between Peter Taksoe-Jensen, the
UN legal affairs expert, and Cambodian officials.
Cambodian personnel at the UN-assisted tribunal have been accused of corruption
twice in the past two years, allegedly kicking back part of their salaries to
their bosses.
Five former top officials of the Khmer Rouge government are being held awaiting
trial before the tribunal, charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The group's radical policies are blamed for the death of up to two million
Cambodians when the group was in power in 1975-79, but none of the leaders have
ever been brought to trial.
Source:
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/12/2008121164645718726.html
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what you can do for Cambodia and her People"
The Khmer Politicians have only interpreted the Cambodia and her beloved people
in various ways.
The point, however, is to change it...
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