Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Vietnam asks for update on Khmer Rouge tribunal progress

Deutsche Presse Agentur
Wednesday September 6, 2006


Phnom Penh- Cambodian officials and a visiting high-level delegation from Vietnam have discussed the upcoming trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, with Vietnam urging speedy progress, a government spokesman said Wednesday. A delegation of the Viet Nam Sub-committee to the Francophone Parliamentary Assembly (APF) led by Nguyen Ngoc Tran met with Deputy Prime Minister Sok An at the Council of Ministers to discuss a number of matters, including the Extraordinary Chambers to try former Khmer Rouge leaders, for which Sok An has been the minister in charge.

Sok An's spokesman, Sum Mab, told reporters after the meeting that Cambodia had assured the Vietnamese delegates that the tribunal process was on track and that the government viewed it as a vital process, both for victims and survivors of the Khmer Rouge, but also in order for the country as a whole to move on from its dark past.

Mab said Cambodia hoped the joint UN-Cambodian government tribunal, budgeted to cost 56.3 million dollars and take three years to complete its work, would serve as a model for other international courts, a valuable education for Cambodia as it begins to implement judicial reform, and a way of cementing national unity as the country looks to the future.

"We hope it will also ... prevent Cambodia's next generations from perpetrating such crimes," he said.

Tran, who is also vice chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly's Committee for External Relations and vice president of the APF, also met opposition Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian Son Chhay Wednesday to discuss Cambodia's yet to be debated anti-corruption law.

He is also scheduled to pay a courtesy visit to President of the Senate Chea Sim during his three-day stay, which began Tuesday and is scheduled to end Thursday.

A meeting of the APF Asia-Pacific Committee is to be held in Cambodia in March 2007.

Up to 2 million Cambodians died during the Khmer Rouge's brutal 1975 to 1979 Democratic Kampuchea regime. The Khmer Rouge was finally toppled by Vietnamese-backed troops in January 1979.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another good move. It seems Vietnam goes for the finale by urging a speedy progress in the trial process.

It watched the genocide for almost four years before squashing Cambodia when this country fell to its most vulnerable point.

SiS

Anonymous said...

Has Hanoi finished changing the Khmer history yet???

09/06/06
AKnijaKhmer

Anonymous said...

Why Vietname takes interest in Khmer Rouge trail? The Vietcong used to support the Khmer Rouge include Mr.Hun Sen a former Khmer Rouge!

Who started Indochina Communist Party(ICP)? Answer anybody?

Anonymous said...

Pourquoi une délégation vietnamienne (communiste) est-elle venue voir SOK An et compagnie ? C’est parce que cette organisation vietnamienne est tout simplement le maître du chef du gouvernement royal cambodgien, donc elle doit donner les directives à SOK An et compagnie de faire la pression sur le tribunal international pour le procès des khmers rouges. Car certains membres du gouvernement royal cambodgiens sont des anciens dirigeants khmers rouges et surtout qui travaillent à fond pour le gouvernement de Hanoi.

Si un des membres du gouvernement était présent sur la liste des accusés pour le procès des khmers rouges, le gouvernement de Hanoi aurait beaucoup de difficulté pour contrôler notre cher pays. Voila pourquoi cette délégation vietnamienne est toujours présente sur notre territoire.
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Why did a delegation Vietnamese (communist) come to see SOK An and company? Because it is this organization Vietnamese is quite simply the Master of the chief of the Cambodia royal government, therefore it must give the directives to SOK An and company to make the pressure on the international court for the lawsuit of the Khmer Rouges. Because certain members of the Cambodia royal government are former Khmer Rouge leaders and especially who work thoroughly for the government of Hanoi. If one of the members of the government present on the list of were shown for the lawsuit of the Khmer Rouges, the government of Hanoi would have much difficulty to control our dear country. For this reason this delegation Vietnamese is always present on our territory.

Teukphnèk khmer

Anonymous said...

We are really know what you mean Ah Yuon. Long and long time ago that you would like to occupy Cambodia. Killing fields was create by you. And now you still use Cambodia for your Economic and Political by using Hun Sen and CPP.