Original report from Phnom Penh
22 May 2009
US Ambassador-At-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson on Friday urged the Khmer Rouge tribunal to address nagging corruption allegations, following discussions with the donors and UN and government officials.
Williamson told reporters that corruption “remained a concern” for the US, but that progress was being made on the issue.
The UN-backed tribunal, known officially as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, has struggled under allegations of corruption, even as it tries its first suspect, prison chief Duch.
“Along with other donors to the ECCC we are working hard to ensure that the court improves its management and addresses the issue of corruption,” Williamson said Friday. “The US decision to fund the court last year reflects our commitment to ensure the tribunal is capable of meeting international standards of justice and to work with Cambodians to strengthen the structure of the rule of law in thecountry.”
A tribunal spokesman said both the UN and national sides of the hybrid court were working to improve the handling of corruption allegations and other complaints.
Williamson told reporters that corruption “remained a concern” for the US, but that progress was being made on the issue.
The UN-backed tribunal, known officially as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, has struggled under allegations of corruption, even as it tries its first suspect, prison chief Duch.
“Along with other donors to the ECCC we are working hard to ensure that the court improves its management and addresses the issue of corruption,” Williamson said Friday. “The US decision to fund the court last year reflects our commitment to ensure the tribunal is capable of meeting international standards of justice and to work with Cambodians to strengthen the structure of the rule of law in thecountry.”
A tribunal spokesman said both the UN and national sides of the hybrid court were working to improve the handling of corruption allegations and other complaints.
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Th US government should stop barking about the corruption concern. It's no use on pretent that they are truely concern about the way of life of the politian in Cambodia. Their hand is full of blood and corupted money, with their and the so call united nation corruption has grown to an unstoppable with unimaginable scale.
FOR LONG TERMS JUDICIAL REFORM, PLEASE ANY BODY CONCERNED, DO NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE ECCC, WE MUST LOOK AT THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MAGISTRATURE AS THE PRIORITY.
- ADMISSION: VARIED FROM US$ 30 000 TO 50 000.
- POSTING: VARIED FROM US $30 000 TO 100 000 DEPENDING ON LOCATION.
The corruption and collusion in the United States are still a principal concern in the midst of economic malaise, particularly when everyone is trying to mitigate the effects the high rate of unemployment and inflation. However, to make a statement about the tribunal graft in Cambodia by the US envoy it is not an impartial characterization, unequivocally.
Pi Anh: PPU
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