Friday, May 15, 2009

US Envoy To Hold Tribunal Talks

Clint Williamson

By Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
14 May 2009


Clint Williamson, the US ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, is scheduled to arrive in Cambodia next week to hold talks with the government on the beleaguered Khmer Rouge tribunal, officials said Thursday.

The Cambodian side of the UN-backed special court is facing a budget crisis, its funding withheld by donors and the UN over lingering allegations of kickbacks and mismanagement.

Three rounds of talks between a UN legal envoy and Deputy Prime Minister Sok An failed to reach an agreement on how the court should handle allegations that Cambodian staff pay substantial kickbacks to senior officials in order to work at the court.

A government spokesman said Williamson would meet with Sok An May 22.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

First you created the monster, and now you want to get rid of it. It's not atypical of the US's anomalous behavior. If you don't believe me, ask the former king.

PPU

Anonymous said...

It might indeed be very easy for the USA and its representatives to manipulate Khmer people. Or for the Vietnamese and the Thais to manipulate Khmer people (in some periods). Perhaps the Khmer people should stop attacking each other so much and think about working together to achieve positive goals.

Anonymous said...

to 4:00 PM,

because our king is ignorant and dump that why they can get through if he smart and tought, united, fair to the people than no one can break throught dump head.