By Sophal
Samleng Yuveakchon Khmer (Voice of Khmer Youth)
Translated from Khmer and posted online
Cambodian co-judges and co-prosecutors appointed to work in the Khmer Rouge Trial Court [KRTC] along with foreign co-judges and co-prosecutors are known to be members of the Cambodian People's Party [CPP]. If they were not CPP members, even if these judges and prosecutors were graduates of superior national and international law schools and were extraordinarily competent they would not have a chance to become the KRTC co-judges and co-prosecutors.
According to sources, the co-judges and co-prosecutors who receive thousands of dollars in salary to serve the KRTC and other officials in the same court have to contribute 30 percent of their salary to the CPP that has chosen and appointed them to the job.
Because the judges and prosecutors of the Cambodian side were selected from among active members of the CPP, the Cambodian judges and prosecutors cannot do whatever they please and in line with the legal procedures because before being nominated as KRTC co-judges and co-prosecutors they have already been resolutely pro-CPP.
Civil society officials also charged that the Cambodian side's co-judges and co-prosecutors of the KRTC would not be able to deliver genuine justice for the victim Cambodian people, of whom nearly 2 million perished under the Khmer Rouge regime.
The discussion between the Cambodian and foreign co-judges on the internal rules for the KRTC has deadlocked and this tense meeting has been temporarily suspended. This meeting to discuss the internal rules may resume early next month.
Past rumors had it that MPs and government officials as well as big officials of state institutions who were party members were required to make regular contributions to support their party through the head of the party executive group in each region.
For example, MPs who receive nearly $2,000 in salary were ordered by the party to pay 30 percent of that amount every month into the party coffers. High-ranking government officials also are said to be required to pay thousands of dollars per month. They were given zones of control from which they could make money through corruption and by using their influence to extort money from their own subordinates.
The Cambodian side's judges and prosecutors in the KRTC have been appointed by the CPP to this job in order to find justice for the nearly 2 million Cambodian people who died and the many more who suffered under the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979. But they are being compelled to cut 30 percent of their salary and pay it to the CPP on a regular basis. This practice has surprised national and international circles. People can say that the Cambodian side's judges and prosecutors work at the orders of their party only, not according to the law.
Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An, who is also vice chairman of the commission to reform the justice system in Cambodia, is known to be the one who appointed the judges and prosecutors loyal to the CPP to work in the KRTC, and these judges and prosecutors must perform their job according to the directives from Sok An and the CPP.
China, which was involved in and a sponsor of the Democratic Kampuchea regime, has supplied the Hun Sen Government with many low-interest loans leading many civil society quarters to say that China's aid money certainly has strong influence on the KRTC proceedings.
For this reason, there are many controversies in the debate on the legal procedures and internal rules to be implemented in the KRTC, a discussion that so far has remained inconclusive.
In case the foreign co-judges and co-prosecutors learn about the use of the ruling party's influence on the Cambodian judges and prosecutors in the KRTC, they might walk out of this tribunal in a bid to prevent their own reputation and honor from being tarnished by the ruling party's farcical participation in the KRTC under its influence.
The Asian Human Rights Commission once issued a statement expressing its concern that the government might use its influence on the KRTC to be joined by the foreign judges and prosecutors. However, senior Hun Sen Government officials have rejected all the accusations by the Asian rights organization.
According to sources, the co-judges and co-prosecutors who receive thousands of dollars in salary to serve the KRTC and other officials in the same court have to contribute 30 percent of their salary to the CPP that has chosen and appointed them to the job.
Because the judges and prosecutors of the Cambodian side were selected from among active members of the CPP, the Cambodian judges and prosecutors cannot do whatever they please and in line with the legal procedures because before being nominated as KRTC co-judges and co-prosecutors they have already been resolutely pro-CPP.
Civil society officials also charged that the Cambodian side's co-judges and co-prosecutors of the KRTC would not be able to deliver genuine justice for the victim Cambodian people, of whom nearly 2 million perished under the Khmer Rouge regime.
The discussion between the Cambodian and foreign co-judges on the internal rules for the KRTC has deadlocked and this tense meeting has been temporarily suspended. This meeting to discuss the internal rules may resume early next month.
Past rumors had it that MPs and government officials as well as big officials of state institutions who were party members were required to make regular contributions to support their party through the head of the party executive group in each region.
For example, MPs who receive nearly $2,000 in salary were ordered by the party to pay 30 percent of that amount every month into the party coffers. High-ranking government officials also are said to be required to pay thousands of dollars per month. They were given zones of control from which they could make money through corruption and by using their influence to extort money from their own subordinates.
The Cambodian side's judges and prosecutors in the KRTC have been appointed by the CPP to this job in order to find justice for the nearly 2 million Cambodian people who died and the many more who suffered under the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979. But they are being compelled to cut 30 percent of their salary and pay it to the CPP on a regular basis. This practice has surprised national and international circles. People can say that the Cambodian side's judges and prosecutors work at the orders of their party only, not according to the law.
Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An, who is also vice chairman of the commission to reform the justice system in Cambodia, is known to be the one who appointed the judges and prosecutors loyal to the CPP to work in the KRTC, and these judges and prosecutors must perform their job according to the directives from Sok An and the CPP.
China, which was involved in and a sponsor of the Democratic Kampuchea regime, has supplied the Hun Sen Government with many low-interest loans leading many civil society quarters to say that China's aid money certainly has strong influence on the KRTC proceedings.
For this reason, there are many controversies in the debate on the legal procedures and internal rules to be implemented in the KRTC, a discussion that so far has remained inconclusive.
In case the foreign co-judges and co-prosecutors learn about the use of the ruling party's influence on the Cambodian judges and prosecutors in the KRTC, they might walk out of this tribunal in a bid to prevent their own reputation and honor from being tarnished by the ruling party's farcical participation in the KRTC under its influence.
The Asian Human Rights Commission once issued a statement expressing its concern that the government might use its influence on the KRTC to be joined by the foreign judges and prosecutors. However, senior Hun Sen Government officials have rejected all the accusations by the Asian rights organization.
15 comments:
It is how CPP try to control the trial. The more the members know how to thank CPP, the more they have chance to earn more money regardless any kind of mistake.
It seems like more and more that the government does not really want to have this trial. It makes sense since a lot of the old KR remnants remain part of the ruling government.
the only thing that will come out of this is how much money will go to hun sen and cpp. this we will never know because they would have run out of money and that will be the end of it. having khmer rouge prosecute themselves is like having Hitler stand trail in a Nazi court. Imagine the irony in that?
In a democracy system, all government officials must be free from any political affiliate. This law must be very stricted. If any government official affiliate with any party, they must be resigned from their position.
Hey, salary don't have anything
to do with doing your job.
It is not uncommon for people
to pay 30-40% to Employment Agency,
that get you good paying job. The
bottom line is you'll always better
off than you find your job
yourselves, comprendre?
Hello 6:11AM posters. Vous etes tres ignorance entre payer pour votre agence d'emploie et membre des parties politiques qui doived se retire de leur emploie s'il veut joindre avec a la partie politique.
Mon ami, dans le réel, il fait
dur de faire tout le bénéfice
par vous-même.
Savez-vous cela?
Hello 6:11 You seem to be out of touch the reality. Wake up. What are you talking about? This is a corrupted CPP government. No Judge in the world, except Cambodia, cheap judge gets the job through Employment Agency. And this suppose to be the top judege in Khmer Rouge Tribunal,very cheap judge who sold their head to Ah Sen government. Would they find any justice for the victim? I doubt it.
By the way, no private company would charge anyone more than 20% of their salary.
Hey dude, what you don't know is
these guys are KR defectors or
enemies. They will be dead meat in
second, if KR ever rises to power
again. So they will not let that
happened. Catch my drift?
Et peut-etre KI-Media doit mettre le type comme Anon@8:47AM a la porte! On n'a vu rien de constructif de la geule de ce type!!!
KHMENG WAT KHNONG SROK
TO
8:42 PM
NE MOQUEZ PAS DE MOI SI JE M'EXPRIME EN FRENCH... MOI JE CROIS QUE CE N' EST PAS NOTRE OIGNON ET LAISSER CE PROBLEME AUX GENS CONCERNES; LES GENS DE ONU ET LES AUTORITES CAMBODGIENNES.
LES COMMENTS EN ANGLAIS SONT NULS AND POURRIS...
ESSAYEZ D' ETRE PLUS INSTRUIT LES GENS QUI COMMENTENT EN ANGLAISL
KHMENG WAT KHNONG SROK
Is the Hun Sen government now a job agency? Or is it a form of corruption systematically from the top down? They have to get their cut, don't they?
We appointed you judges; you listen to what I say; you have to me some of your money!
Hey "KHMENG WAT KHNONG SROK",
Your French sucks, BIG TIME! Don't quit your daytime job just yet okay? lmao!!!
Post4:37, how many times do I have
to tell you that we don't speak
French. What we speak is a French
alike called Khmench. Get it?
Wow, that sounds like a good Rap!!!
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