PHNOM PENH, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Sudanese President Omaral-Bashir has been destroying the international efforts to deal with the matters of the Darfur region, said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen here on Thursday.
"The arrest warrant for the governing Sudanese president from the court in Hague of Holland will lead to nothing, as you all can wait and see," he told the annual work-review conference of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries, which was held at the Royal University of Agriculture.
On March 4, ICC issued the arrest warrant against the Sudanese president over charges of war crimes and crimes of anti-humanity. So far, Omar al-Bashir is still working in his country in the capacity of president.
"The Sudanese people and troops with weapons in their hands will not allow the court to arrest their leader," said Hun Sen.
The ruling Sudanese president has his privilege in leading the country, he said, adding that "I do not know why ICC did like that."
In addition, the premier stressed that ICC can not follow suit in Cambodia to arrest the surviving leaders of the former Democratic Kampuchea (DK) regime (1975-1979).
"Those DK leaders now stay in a place here and we ourselves can arrest them for tribunal," he added.
Currently, five senior DK leaders are under custody of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), which was co-installed by UN and the Cambodian government two years ago to put these people on trial on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
"The arrest warrant for the governing Sudanese president from the court in Hague of Holland will lead to nothing, as you all can wait and see," he told the annual work-review conference of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries, which was held at the Royal University of Agriculture.
On March 4, ICC issued the arrest warrant against the Sudanese president over charges of war crimes and crimes of anti-humanity. So far, Omar al-Bashir is still working in his country in the capacity of president.
"The Sudanese people and troops with weapons in their hands will not allow the court to arrest their leader," said Hun Sen.
The ruling Sudanese president has his privilege in leading the country, he said, adding that "I do not know why ICC did like that."
In addition, the premier stressed that ICC can not follow suit in Cambodia to arrest the surviving leaders of the former Democratic Kampuchea (DK) regime (1975-1979).
"Those DK leaders now stay in a place here and we ourselves can arrest them for tribunal," he added.
Currently, five senior DK leaders are under custody of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), which was co-installed by UN and the Cambodian government two years ago to put these people on trial on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
9 comments:
This is a very meaningless speech. He should not have done this on official speech. What is the relationship between him and the Sudanese leader?
He went beyond what he should be doing.
That is because he fears some day (ICC) would issue an arrest warrant for him for the crimes he has committed in Cambodia.
Yep, he is a man of guilt. Already you see he is trying to ward off the ICC to which he could be the potential candidate to be arrested. He is in his defense by putting the words in his subordinates' mouths to prepare of that day and at the same time trying to divert the attention to other issue. He knows he is the devil and feels it.
Is this guy "HUN SEN" being stupid or what?
Of course ICC can do anything if they found that individual leader convict crimes against humanity.
HUN SEN go get some Phd from Hanoi will you??
KhmerPP,
As a great leader, he has this vision ogf himself one day served with an international arrest warrant for crime against humanity. A true visionary.
hun sen can play this game of rhetorics in his head all he wants...bottomline is, those khmer victims who tragically died under the KR and CPP regimes are now haunting him.
the icc has eyes of an eagle and can see who has committed crimes. So don't fell guilty just yet, hun sen. icc won't mess with you if you haven't done anything wrong. But if you have, the truth will come out sooner or later.
បើអ្នកឯងខ្លាំងធ្វើយ៉ាងណាឲ្យសម្តេចហុនសែន
ដើរចេញពីកៅអីទៅឬក៏អ្នកឯងទាំងអស់ហ្នឹង
បានតែមាត់ក្រៅទេ?បើបានតែមាត់ទុកមាត់
ជេរកូនចៅរបស់អ្នកឯងវិញទៅឬក៏ទុកមាត់
ស៊ិបាយវិញទៅអូខេ!
Not not true with ICC, if ICC have all the power why can't they charge most of the USA leaders that committed crime on other countries.
ICC can charge Henry Kissinger as well if the want. But why can't they issue a warrant arrest that damn old fool?
ICC is bias.
6:56PM !!! I DONT KNOW!!MAN!!!
Who next???????????
Wahtch out Hun Xen! But they may spell your name wrong since you evil Khmer Rouge have so many names!
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