Original report from Phnom Penh
15 August 2008
The Cambodian side of the Khmer Rouge tribunal has established a committee to solve corruption issues, following allegations of kickbacks in the courts.
Administration Director Sean Visoth and Cambodian prosecutors and judges met with more than 250 staff met Friday, appointing tribunal judge Kong Srim, chief of the Cambodian judges, and tribunal spokeswoman Helen Jarvis to investigate corruption within the Cambodian side of the tribunal, spokesman Reach Sambath said.
"The aim of the meeting was to strengthen the mechanisms to fight against corruption, which has been alleged in the tribunal," he said.
Kong Srim could not be reached for comment Friday, but Reach Sambath said all Cambodian staff who have heard about corruption or faced it themselves will be encouraged to provide information to the judge or Jarvis.
The Cambodian side of the joint UN tribunal has been beleaguered by corruption allegations, including reports in June by staff of kickbacks. The new allegations led to the freezing of the July salaries of all Cambodian staff by the UNDP.
Administration Director Sean Visoth and Cambodian prosecutors and judges met with more than 250 staff met Friday, appointing tribunal judge Kong Srim, chief of the Cambodian judges, and tribunal spokeswoman Helen Jarvis to investigate corruption within the Cambodian side of the tribunal, spokesman Reach Sambath said.
"The aim of the meeting was to strengthen the mechanisms to fight against corruption, which has been alleged in the tribunal," he said.
Kong Srim could not be reached for comment Friday, but Reach Sambath said all Cambodian staff who have heard about corruption or faced it themselves will be encouraged to provide information to the judge or Jarvis.
The Cambodian side of the joint UN tribunal has been beleaguered by corruption allegations, including reports in June by staff of kickbacks. The new allegations led to the freezing of the July salaries of all Cambodian staff by the UNDP.
5 comments:
When i heard about corruption scandal in this court.I feel very disappointed because these people who work at the court seem to have no brain. I think we should investigate this case and sentence them because this kind of action creats very bad behavior for Cambodian people. We should not try the five khmer rouge leaders because it is a wast of time. They are very old now. They will die soon. We should use money from donation for other purposes such as building road or hospital.
Woo the root causes lie within the DESIGNED CORRUPTED SYSTEM OF THE GOVERNMENT!!!
People with brain and conscience woudl strongly believe that the people living in Cambodia more or less are corrupted especially when the chances are given to them to CORRUPT!
Say that I am wrong! Or to put it simply, you have to SOCIALIZE YOURSELF IN THE CORRUPTING SYSTEM OR YOU WILL BE THROWN AWAY LIKE TRASH AT A PUBLIC SECTOR!!!!!
WHO ARE TO BE BLAMED??????IMPUNITY, BAD ROLE MODELS FROM THE TOP, NO POLITICAL OR PERSONAL WILL TO REFORM FROM THE TOP; THE MENTALITY OF KHMER LEADERS THAT THEY DESERVE TO LEAD THE COUNTRY FOREVER UNTIL THEY VANISH FROM THE EARTH OF CAMBODIA AND ALLOW THEIR NEXT GENERATION TO SUCK AND COVER THEIR MISERABLE ACTS AND EXTREME CORRUPTION???
Gosh
Puok ahaeng min bach khom tveu chea seb angket roeung puk roluoy ey te ah sva teang lay euy. Robeab puok ahaeng samrab puk roluoy nus mean chroen baeb croen santhan nas, tuos chea rok dol ngoab kluon ko min kheunh dae. Ahaeng ning ah kvang mkhak doch knea nas roeung sraek aoy ke rok puk roluoy aoy kheunh nus, pruos ahaeng ko chea knhom kanh cheas vea dae. Tuos bey chea ah antarak cheat ko rok min kheunh dae, mean tae khmaoch dael ach rok kheunh, puok ahaeng cham tuk, ahaeng kmean ban ach muoy cham net te pel puok ahaeng slab tov keu kdo bey doch kinea, ah samrae, ah sva prey.
Pi anh
Gentleman
You can smell corruption just right under the nose of ECCC, can you amagine how much deeper in our kingdom of cambodia.
I attempt to believe that our holy king does not know anything about it. however the petition against corruption signed by 2 millions cambodian would have reached our KING now.
I trust that our king sees the pain of cambodians abused by officials of the kingdom.
Highly praised for speaking out cambodians. God bless them.
Neang SA
Kom ches tae tha robeab phleu, ah phleu, tveu sdach boe min deung ey tveu theu ey. Deung ko min deung theu ey kdo ah hun sen dae, kom aoy btae ah kvang vea denh thleak pi balaing hoey rok chrak rut chenh min kheunh. Puok ahaeng nis boe khmean ke truo9t kbal keu tveu min koet, kham tae kbal khnea aeng min chhub min chho. Banh chenh yobol ah chhkuot, ah lob, ah thnaot, ahaeng dael leu peak os nis te, ahy phes.
Pi anh
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