Sean Visoth, Director of the Khmer Rouge tribunal's Office of AministrationSaturday, January 10, 2009
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — A Phnom Penh court will hear a corruption complaint against top officials at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, a judge told AFP Friday.
Chief judge of Phnom Penh Municipal Court Chev Keng said he would accept the complaint against Sean Visoth, the top government official at the court, and Keo Thyvuth, its former chief of personnel, lodged Thursday by defence lawyers.
The lawyers allege the pair have received kickbacks from court workers, but on Friday the tribunal's Cambodian judges released a statement denying any involvement.
The judges added the complaint "was causing confusion and seriously affecting the honour and dignity of all individual judges and this (Khmer Rouge tribunal) institution as a whole."
Thursday's complaint was lodged by international lawyers for Khmer Rouge "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, one of five former leaders due to stand trial.
They said the failure to address corruption allegations undermined Nuon Chea's right to a fair trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Last year the UN launched an investigation into allegations that Cambodian workers had been forced to pay for their jobs, and withheld at least 300,000 dollars in July funding and court salaries.
The investigation's findings were never made public but Keo Thyvuth was later transferred from the court and Sean Visoth put on leave.
The tribunal opened in 2006 after nearly a decade of wrangling between the United Nations and Cambodia.
It is expected to hear its first case within the next few months, against former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav.
Up to two million people were executed or died of starvation and overwork as the communist Khmer Rouge dismantled modern Cambodian society during its 1975-1979 rule in a bid to forge an agrarian utopia.
Chief judge of Phnom Penh Municipal Court Chev Keng said he would accept the complaint against Sean Visoth, the top government official at the court, and Keo Thyvuth, its former chief of personnel, lodged Thursday by defence lawyers.
The lawyers allege the pair have received kickbacks from court workers, but on Friday the tribunal's Cambodian judges released a statement denying any involvement.
The judges added the complaint "was causing confusion and seriously affecting the honour and dignity of all individual judges and this (Khmer Rouge tribunal) institution as a whole."
Thursday's complaint was lodged by international lawyers for Khmer Rouge "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, one of five former leaders due to stand trial.
They said the failure to address corruption allegations undermined Nuon Chea's right to a fair trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Last year the UN launched an investigation into allegations that Cambodian workers had been forced to pay for their jobs, and withheld at least 300,000 dollars in July funding and court salaries.
The investigation's findings were never made public but Keo Thyvuth was later transferred from the court and Sean Visoth put on leave.
The tribunal opened in 2006 after nearly a decade of wrangling between the United Nations and Cambodia.
It is expected to hear its first case within the next few months, against former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav.
Up to two million people were executed or died of starvation and overwork as the communist Khmer Rouge dismantled modern Cambodian society during its 1975-1979 rule in a bid to forge an agrarian utopia.
16 comments:
another kantop fuke ass show its face again
these yuons:
directors of khmer rouge and directors of khmer rouge trial
go ahead, this world is full of fuke of ass criminals like these yuon kantop
L` Ignorance est la source de la souffrance
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=sVLTFmWX4VE
Bon weekend
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Just another Mok Krass begger undersea thork tiep!
Sean Visoth is wearing luxurious watch looks like Omega solid gold case and bracelet with diamond studs on face.
In fair retailed market price,probably it takes Rong Chhun teacher salary <$40-50> nearly 10 years to buy that wrist watch.
His suits not China made either.
How can he afford all these with Hun Sen's gov't salary,if not for the extra cash from UN budget?
this guy alway smell money and he happy to get more money to who dare more donor to help khmer rouge trail,he deserve as yuon minding.
It doesn't matter what? Ah Scam Rainxy is accountable for the ECCC failure. We all know he love Pol Pot and hate Sihanouk.
7:03 AM is Tuk Tuk Ph.D from Hanoi...this die-hard CPP agent ought to stop harassing KI-Media and its readers!!!
7:03,
Ah jkout pleur! go and screws your viet whore mother in SVY PAK BROTHEL...Ah Mok Krass Som tien thork tiep!!
7:03,
Tuk Tuk Ph.D begger from Hanoi?? wow! his whore mother fucking in the street{SVY PAK BROTHEL..} Ah thork tiep Ph.D tuk tuk driver shit!!
Oh ah Sean Visoth chear khmauch si cheam. He is DRACULA !
In Hun Sen government, every position is for sale. Those who can pay highest bidder will get the position. For those who has forgotten the protection position moneys will loose their position even that position has already paid.
So first you need to buy a position and then you need to pay protection fee to have position stay safe from other bidder. Areak Prey
Hahahahhah around the world they smell the corrupt systems in Cambodia from the top to the bottom.
I'll draw my investment from Cambodia as fast I can.
That all Pouk Ah Pleu undersea does..corrupted, robbs, steal from the poors, and number1 begging and crying for help! and using fake marriage to come here...hahaha! Pouk Ah thork tiep undersea motherfucker!!
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm kantop trick
Puok véa luk ch'aeung khmauch khmer
luk prey chheu luk dey luk beung luk troap jéat ect...
Péal min si péal ( les loups ne mangent pas entre eux ). Oy véa york touv chèk sa famille à l'enfer . yuon !yuon! Trov kapp yuon !
The Chinese has no interest to find justice for Cambodians as we all know too well that they were part of the root cause for the Cambodians' death. Their approach is to sugar code the government to drag their foot so the aging criminals will die before it even happen and it seems to work well for the government leaders as well; as some of them are themselves the Khmer Rouge. If Cambodia continues to be the country of influenced, Cambodia will not get anywhere... Cambodians' destiny will only be determined by foreigners.
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