I am really, really sad, sickening, and disgusted to see the Khmer Rouge tribunal being turned into a circus. I can't believe it that these jurists (both Cambodian and foreign lawyers) put money before justice. Have they no consciences? They seems to lack one thing in common--that is the respect for those who had perished in the Cambodian killing fields.
I am not a lawyer, but I know a thing or two about justice. For justice to be propperly served, we must find the truth. And in order to find the truth, we must bring both the victims and the perpetrators before the court to tell the world (from their own mouths or through their counsels) what exactly had happened. And finally, to make sure that the procedure is justly carried out, both sides should have equal access and freedom to choose counsels to represent them.
We must remember that this is a case of crime against humanity-a systemic mass murder that has nothing to do with national sovereignty, lawyer fees, and all the other craps which were being used as bones of contentions.
TO THE JURISTS, I want say one thing that if there is any common sense left in your brains, please give up any compensation involved in this endeavor and work as volunteers (not voltures) to help rectify what had been wronged or at least to help those wandering souls to find a resting place.
Chanda Chhay
Washington, DC
U.S.A.
I am not a lawyer, but I know a thing or two about justice. For justice to be propperly served, we must find the truth. And in order to find the truth, we must bring both the victims and the perpetrators before the court to tell the world (from their own mouths or through their counsels) what exactly had happened. And finally, to make sure that the procedure is justly carried out, both sides should have equal access and freedom to choose counsels to represent them.
We must remember that this is a case of crime against humanity-a systemic mass murder that has nothing to do with national sovereignty, lawyer fees, and all the other craps which were being used as bones of contentions.
TO THE JURISTS, I want say one thing that if there is any common sense left in your brains, please give up any compensation involved in this endeavor and work as volunteers (not voltures) to help rectify what had been wronged or at least to help those wandering souls to find a resting place.
Chanda Chhay
Washington, DC
U.S.A.
5 comments:
Chanda Chhay !!
Your statement is very clear and strong. Please circulate your comment to all government of the world. Cambodian KRtrial should be free from anyone making monies. All monies raised should spent on equipments, transportations and hands cuffs. All jurists must work in voluntary basis.
As a lawyer, I can say without doubt that courts are not the place to go if you want to find historical truth. That's what historians are for. The best you can hope for is a correct determination as to criminal responsibility for discrete, circumscribed actions charged to the defendants, and that's all. And to make that determination, you must cut through webs of self-serving lies and obfuscation. Anyone who thinks that the proposed defendants at a Khmer Rouge Trial are looking forward to an opportunity to tell the truth are extremely naive.
So you are a stupid lawyer.
I cannot understand why this guy 11:14 be a lawyer. He may be the one who just can pass to be a lawyer. I recommend that this man should work under constant supervision otherwise all his clients will end up with all the shits.
I concurred with annon. @11:14 AM. I may add, especially, it is happening in Cambodia.
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