Sok AnAllegations of corruption continue to plague the tribunal.
By Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
07 November 2008
International defense lawyers for jailed Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea have asked the tribunal and the government for information related to corruption allegations in the courts, claiming a fair trial for their client could be at stake.
In an Oct. 31 letter to Council Minister Sok An, lawyers Michiel Pestman and Victor Koppe requested “on a confidential basis…communications and reports from the United Nations relating to issues of corruption at the [tribunal] and any further details of allegations of corruption at the [tribunal] in your possession.”
The tribunal has been hounded by allegations of kickbacks from its inception, and Cambodian staff reported in June they had been forced to pay pats of their salaries to officials to maintain their positions. In 2007, the Open Society Justice Initiative found similiar allegations of kickbacks.
A UN oversight office examined the allegations earlier this year, as donors withheld more than $300,000 from the Cambodian side of the courts.
Findings from the UN investigation have been passed to Cambodian officials, but they have not been made public.
UN tribunal spokesman Peter Foster declined to comment on any ongoing investigations within the courts.
Nuon Chea lawyers requested from Sok An “access to information related to allegations of corruption at the Tribunal, including the report of a UN investigation which has been disclosed to the Royal Government of Cambodia.”
Council of Ministers officials could not be reached for comment Friday.
The lawyers wrote they had tried to obtain documents and information from tribunal officials, but had been unsuccessful. The UN had said it was “not opposed” to the release of the information, the lawyers said.
By Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
07 November 2008
International defense lawyers for jailed Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea have asked the tribunal and the government for information related to corruption allegations in the courts, claiming a fair trial for their client could be at stake.
In an Oct. 31 letter to Council Minister Sok An, lawyers Michiel Pestman and Victor Koppe requested “on a confidential basis…communications and reports from the United Nations relating to issues of corruption at the [tribunal] and any further details of allegations of corruption at the [tribunal] in your possession.”
The tribunal has been hounded by allegations of kickbacks from its inception, and Cambodian staff reported in June they had been forced to pay pats of their salaries to officials to maintain their positions. In 2007, the Open Society Justice Initiative found similiar allegations of kickbacks.
A UN oversight office examined the allegations earlier this year, as donors withheld more than $300,000 from the Cambodian side of the courts.
Findings from the UN investigation have been passed to Cambodian officials, but they have not been made public.
UN tribunal spokesman Peter Foster declined to comment on any ongoing investigations within the courts.
Nuon Chea lawyers requested from Sok An “access to information related to allegations of corruption at the Tribunal, including the report of a UN investigation which has been disclosed to the Royal Government of Cambodia.”
Council of Ministers officials could not be reached for comment Friday.
The lawyers wrote they had tried to obtain documents and information from tribunal officials, but had been unsuccessful. The UN had said it was “not opposed” to the release of the information, the lawyers said.
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Ah chhoy mray Sok An go back to your hole in Hanoi, or we'll put a bullet in between your eyes.
៦:៥៧ និយាយថា៖ អាចុយម្រ៉ាយ សុខ អាន អាឯង ត្រូវត្រឡប់ទៅចូលប្រហោងកណ្ដួយម៉ែ
អាឯងនៅ ហ៉ាណូយ វិញទៅ បើពុំនោះទេអាឯង
នឹងត្រូវគេបាញ់ ១ គ្រាប់ចំកណ្ដាល ថ្ងាស៕
Ah yeak cong Sok An, Ah me pok ro louy, Ah plon dey nak srok. Ah roleay moy pouch, Ah preah para mok.
Simple rule of security.
Don't use cellphone, phone, email they are monitored (needless to say that this blog is monitored too).
Use an encryption of 1024 bits minimum when transferring message and don't send the private key through email. Ask an expert in encryption, if you want to keep your message safe of prying eyes.
Ah choy mray nis hoey dael tveu aoy cheat khmae roleay os sambat thormcheat. Ah yuon nis hoey dael banh chea aoy ah tolaka yothea reus yok tae ah neak bak prae na dael niyeay tam peak noyobay robos vea, hoey vea kat yok pheak roy pi prak khae neak teang nus. Boe min tveu tam vea keu khmean chhmuos chea neak tveu ka nov khnong tolaka khmae kraham loey. Ey lov kheunh hoey tha vea chenh muk teak tong ning ampeu puk roluoy robos vea, UN trov rok aoy kheunh phois tang doembey chab ah choy mray sok an nis dak kuk muoy chivit reu pyuor kar doch ah saddam hussein, ruoch hoey cham rok aoy kheunh pi ka samlab niset pet ning neak chamreang, neak noyobay prom teang reas slot trong toch tach dael ah hun sen ning mi heang hav bun rany ning pak puok vea aoy os ruoch banh chol vea khnong trung, tuk vea aoy slab mdong muoy, reu aoy reasw a kar, kves phnek vea aoy som ning ampeu dael vea ban proprit mok nis.
Enough excuses, get the trial going!
hard to understand, Ah Sva speaks its language!!
អាចុយម្រ៉ាយ ៥:៣១ ឯងទេដែលជាសត្វ ស្វា នោះអាចុយម្រ៉ាយ៕
Bring all the Yuon criminals involve in the KR genocide to the bar.
Ho Namhong is one of them.
My Khmer compatriots dearest,
There can be no dreams, no theories, no suppositions, no comparisons or nothing whatsoever until we can rid of the Viet domination in Cambodia.
As long as there is Viet, there will be no Cambodia. The Viet will never ever let Cambodia be free from the Federation of Indochina which Khmer will be ultimately Vietnamized from head to toe( to the backbone).
[Le Vietnam ne nous laisse jamais tranquille et independemment de la Federation de l'Indochine. Khmer sera alors vietnamise de la tete aux pieds ]
ល្គឹកណា វៀតណាម រស់រានមានជិវិត នៅលើ
ផែនដីនេះ ខ្មែរមិនអាចរស់រានមានជិវិតជាជន
ជាតិខ្មែរតទៅទៀតបានទេ។ ខ្មែរនឹងក្លាយទៅជា
ជនជាតិ យួន ពីក្បាលដល់ចុងជើង៕
អក
Anh chea sva niyeay phea sa sva, cham naek ah chhkae ot mchas aeng niyeay phea sa ah chhkae beus aeng, ahaeng khlaing pon na, ah chhkae boe ahaeng chet soeung ahaeng kom mok pak puok, ahaeng mok to tul muoy ning muoy chea muoy anh lo meul. Mae aheng chaek mok pon na, mok lenh chea muoy khnea pon neung tov meul, ah chhkae ang ke si. Anh kit tha ahaeng ko sva dae, pruos ahaeng ches meul aksar sva dae, men te ah chhkae. Khuor ah chhkae aeng pinh bantuk bos ah yuon, ah kanh cheas yuon, ah khnhom yuon, ah ayong yuon, lmom khmas khluon khlas tov ah chhkae ot mchas.
mech hoey ah chhkae 5.31 PM ahaeng mean yobol ey teat te, ah slab khmean dey kob, ah slab khmean pachha dot.
Ah 5.31 PM, ah chhkae samraeng, ah khuor yuon, ahaeng kheunh hoey nov, pheasa sva keu aoy ahaeng deung tha puok ah khuor yuon doch ahaeng slab tay haong ot dey kob icheung. Ahaeng chit dol pel hoey, cham meul toe pheasa sva anh nis dak tumneay ah chhkae ang ke si os aeng aoy tay haong doch me koey ah yuon hok lundy truot ambaeng kbal ahaeng icheung. Ah samrae, ah tapae, ah chong kat moat nhok, ah roleak kang cheung, ah prey, ah noruok.
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