Corruption at the KRT: Just because there was no authorization for it that corruption did not take place

Sean Visoth (R) talking with UN Michelle Lee (Photo: VOA)

Sean Visoth denies ECCC corruption

Monday, December 31, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Sean Visoth, the ECCC (KR Tribunal or KRT) director of office administration, rejected the accusation claiming that this tribunal takes a cut out of the employees working there, and that it selected incapable employees. Sean Visoth said, in a letter sent to the KRT employees, for the New Year, that there is no such corruption or such authorized threat to cut the employees salary in this tribunal. Sean Visoth stressed that he will take strong measures if he were to know that such actions take place. He said that the office of administration asked all employees to sign the KRT integrity rule, and there is no authorization to allow such corruption action to take place. At the beginning of this year, the KRT was criticized because newspapers accused the KRT of being corrupt. However, these accusations seem to die down after rejections of this information were issued.