Monday, July 03, 2006

Who's who in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

French judge Jean Marc Lavergne swears an oath during the swearing in ceremony inside the royal palace in Phnom Penh. Cambodia has made a symbolic start to the long-awaited trials of leaders of the Khmer Rouge 27 years after the fall of the regime blamed for the deaths of up to two million people.(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)

Ney Thol (R), president of the military court, and one of the Cambodian judges, pray during the swearing in ceremony at the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Nicholas Michel (front L), a representative of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, greets Ney Thol (R), president of the military court, as Michelle Lee (2nd L), deputy director of the administration office of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, smiles during the swearing in ceremony inside the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Foreign judge Agnieszka Klonowiecka-Milart takes an oath during the swearing in ceremony at the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Cambodian co-prosecutor Chea Leang drinks blessed water during the swearing in ceremony inside the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Cambodian and foreign judges greet each other during the swearing in ceremony at the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Foreign judge Robert Downing takes an oath during the swearing in ceremony at the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Nicholas Michel (C), a representative of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan , and Michelle Lee (R), deputy director of the administration office of the Khmer Rouge tribunal watch as Sean Visoth (L), Director of the Khmer Rouge tribunal kneels down and prays, during the swearing in ceremony inside the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

A Cambodian judge official smiles and as he prays to Buddhist monks during a swearing-in ceremony inside the Royal Palace of the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, July 3, 2006. Judges and prosecutors from Cambodia and foreign countries were sworn in Monday to begin the historic U.N.-backed judicial process to try former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity. (AP Phpto/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian and foreign judges attend the swearing in ceremony at the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Cambodian and foreign judges pose for a photograph during the swearing in ceremony inside the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 3, 2006. Top Buddhist priests swore in Cambodian and foreign judges on Monday for the trials of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders accused of responsibility for the deaths of 1.7 million people. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you to all lady and gentlemen! Please open a new history page for Cambodian people! It is important to find the truth and nothing but the truth! Leave no stone unturn and no Cambodian leaders even low or high must not escape the reality that the judgement day is upon them!

Anonymous said...

Don't be fool by all these Cambodian judges smiling faces. Usually when Cambodian people smile they usually know there way out or they can outmaneuver their opponent. Please don't take smiling lightly.

Anonymous said...

In fact, we all have already known who were behind the Khmer Rouge criminals and the setting up of the Khmer Rouge tribunal is only something to test the honesty of the judges and prosecutors to reveal their true nature and colors to the public. Are you sure that all these judges and prosecutors can find justice for the Cambodian victims? If is only a play, save the money for the Cambodian starving people.

Anonymous said...

We can not chase or stop water falling.

Go with the flow and pray for the true Justice of the 1.7 millions khmers that were gone and NEVER NEVER AGAIN LET IT HAPPENING TO ANYONE.

Those death bodies used to lay in THE MUD like DEATH OF A DOG OR CAT. They made me walking ON THEM in the dark , in the rain and in the storm when "KR" forced me to do work in the rice field at night.
It's About time those death deserved some true respect and compensation.

What did they do to those criminals? and me walking ON THE THOSE DEATH'S BONES AND BODIES?,iN THE DARK? IN THE RAIN? AND IN THE STORM?. THER WERE LIGHTINGS! NO ONE TOLD US THAT iT'S EXTREME DANGERUOS TO GO OUT IN THE WEATHER LIKE THAT!. We could have caught ANY CURSING DECEASES OR MALARIA, you name it. Who would give at that DARKEST TIME?

I WAS IN MY TEENAGER YEARS AND SO DID 400 HUNDRED OF OTHER YOUNG CAMBODIAN THAT I SUFFERED WITH AND tHAT WAS JUST IN ONE VILLAGE. IT WAS HAPPENING ALL OPVER THE COUNTRY! SOMEONE KNEW AND DID NOTHING TO SAVE US!!! We were juSt a dumb, young and stupid cambodian. We could go to work in the dark, at night in the rain and storm. Ii's o.k,right?

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M GOING WITH THE TRAIL AND GOD HELP THOSE THAT WERE DEATH AND INNOCENT AND THOSE DEATH WERE MY AUNTS, UNCLES AND MY COUSINS. I COULD SEE THEIR BLOOD SPILLED TO THE GROUNG,CRYING,SCREAMING WHEN THOSE BUCHERS TORTURED THEM BEFORE THEY DIED. DID ANYONE HEAR THEM AT THAT TIME? AND 30 YREAS LATER,WE STILL DON'T HEAR THEM?

One thing that I'm totally dissatisfied with, is those incompotent judges that were allowed to take this honorary movement.

GOD BLESS THOSE JUDGES AND ALL THE POEPLE INVOLVED THAT ARE HONEST AND HAD WISDOM.

Anonymous said...

Well, don't forget that those lightnings MISSED me. All those cursing deceases failed to take my life away at that time. Thanks God! and i'm here going with the KHMERS ROUGE TRAIL!. I'm here also to see JUSTICE IS BEING DONE FOR THOSE THAT WERE INNOCENT!