Sam Rainsy, president of Cambodia's opposition party, SRP.By Poch Reasey, VOA Khmer
Washington
10 April 2009
The ongoing trial for jailed prison chief Duch has demonstrated that in Cambodia, though the wait may be long, the pursuit of justice is possible, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday.
The UN-backed tribunal trial of Tuol Sleng prison chief Duch, whose real name is Kaing Kek Iev, which began March 30, was part of a trend that started some 20 years earlier to punish those responsible for Khmer Rouge crimes, Sam Rainsy said, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
Similarly, he said, the investigation into the perpetrators of a grenade attack on opposition supporters in March 1997 is still underway.
“When the Khmer Rouge tribunal is all over, I believe we will be able to bring those responsible for the grenade attack in 1997 to justice,” Sam Rainsy said.
At least 16 people were killed and more than 100 were injured, when unknown assailants threw grenades into a crowd amassed in front of the old National Assembly building on March 30, 1997.
No one has been arrested for the attack.
The UN-backed tribunal trial of Tuol Sleng prison chief Duch, whose real name is Kaing Kek Iev, which began March 30, was part of a trend that started some 20 years earlier to punish those responsible for Khmer Rouge crimes, Sam Rainsy said, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
Similarly, he said, the investigation into the perpetrators of a grenade attack on opposition supporters in March 1997 is still underway.
“When the Khmer Rouge tribunal is all over, I believe we will be able to bring those responsible for the grenade attack in 1997 to justice,” Sam Rainsy said.
At least 16 people were killed and more than 100 were injured, when unknown assailants threw grenades into a crowd amassed in front of the old National Assembly building on March 30, 1997.
No one has been arrested for the attack.
4 comments:
Justice will prevail. Khmer will never forget this coward attacked.
Sydney, Australia
if khmer put their differences aside. Any un-justice owed to khmer is not impossible!
Let's see some unity.
Happy khmer new year.
Hello Poster 7:59AM. you must understand the different meaning of unity by putting aside the differences and crimes. People cannot live along side with their ennemy at all. We can have different idea of living and different idea to lead the country. But we cannot allow one side to keep killing another side and ignore that kiling at all. Peace and social justice must go hand in hand the same way as social and economic development should go hand in hand too. Areak Prey
"PEACE" and "Stability" are the common terms that the cpp uses as a propaganda. The fact of the matter is, these words are misleading to khmer people. Its the communist way of control people
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