Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Cambodia's former king says he will not testify at the country's Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal after being snubbed by court officials.
Norodom Sihanouk had requested a weekend meeting with officials to explain his conduct during the Khmer Rouge regime, which saw as many as two million people killed.
The 84-year-old former monarch said, on his website Monday, that he had been told that his invitation to a tribunal spokesman had been refused because the spokesman was not authorised to hold such a meeting.
Amid allegations questioning his allegiances at the time, he says he had told the officials that the meeting was the only chance for the court to get his input.
Norodom Sihanouk said last year that he would go before the court, despite his criticism of the tribunal, which he previously branded a "comedy and a hypocrisy."
The former king lost five children and 14 grandchildren during the Khmer Rouge regime, regarded as one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.
Up to two million people died of starvation and overwork or were executed under the 1975-79 communist regime, which abolished religion, schools and currency, and exiled millions to vast collective farms.
Norodom Sihanouk had requested a weekend meeting with officials to explain his conduct during the Khmer Rouge regime, which saw as many as two million people killed.
The 84-year-old former monarch said, on his website Monday, that he had been told that his invitation to a tribunal spokesman had been refused because the spokesman was not authorised to hold such a meeting.
Amid allegations questioning his allegiances at the time, he says he had told the officials that the meeting was the only chance for the court to get his input.
Norodom Sihanouk said last year that he would go before the court, despite his criticism of the tribunal, which he previously branded a "comedy and a hypocrisy."
The former king lost five children and 14 grandchildren during the Khmer Rouge regime, regarded as one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.
Up to two million people died of starvation and overwork or were executed under the 1975-79 communist regime, which abolished religion, schools and currency, and exiled millions to vast collective farms.
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When I studied in 1980s from Primary School to High school. Many teachers told students to keep disciplines and obey the promises by saying that "KOM KROLECH KROLOCH DOCH SDECH SIHANOUK" Then I did not believe all, but now I understand and remember those words again.
hEY!! 1:51am HOW CAN YOU LEARNED SOMETHING MORE THAN i?
khmer pheas khloun said... Regarding of your letter date 09/06/2007 We understand that handling and processing take some times. It is not hard like searching the needle in the hay stack N Seihaknouk , evidences , witnesses and documents all are there ,the person whom did the Cambodian holocaust is norodom Seihaknouk from 1970 to 1979 seihaknouk created Cambodian bloodbath with two million and plus of it citizen to lose their lives. Seihaknouk and Pol Pot 's hand are stained by Cambodian 's blood NOT USA sorry folks, Pol Pot was trained by Vietnam and Seihaknouk is very close friend with Vietnam,So Seihaknouk,China and Vietnam have to go to UN court ,that is right things to do,I strongly hope Seihaknouk,China and Vietnam are guilty. Seihaknouk slaughters of million Khmer and wily a manipulator.
Four kids and 14 grand kids? I do not believe with the King complaint,most of king and royal families has bad sexual habit example king N seihaknouk ,noranorith,Bophadevi It could be sexual diseases (Aids)(HIV)they changed partners like shoes or clothes so POL POL regime had nothing to deal with it.
In royal note China told khmer communist leader to provide special treatment to seihaknouk at that khmer rouge time.
Seihaknouk= manipulator
All true Khmer compatriots, ladies and gentlemen,
Cambodia has cancers that were embedded into her by China+YUONS+Vietminh-CPP-Hun Sen+all royal crooks through traitor Sihanouk's flesh and blood, also through his YUON wife Monique and Sihanouk’s clique.
To have true and lasting peace for Cambodia these cancers have to be removed once and for all, either by the law of ECCC-KRT or by any means, as long as the majority of true Khmers agree with it.
If these cancers remain inside Cambodia, without proper treatment, YUONS will continue to swallow us bit by bit every day and China will gobble the whole region without mercy toward Cambodian land and all Khmer people. They will achieve this with the continued assistance of NORODOM SIHANOUK and HUN SEN.
KULEN MONOROM
(the rice farmer's son)
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