By Sothearith Im, VOA Khmer
Original report from Virginia
15 June 2009
The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal is facing nettling allegations of kickbacks and corruption. But experts at a recent genocide conference in Arlington, Va., say allegations of corruption at the tribunal should not be a central question in the court’s ability to dispense justice.
Alex Hinton, Rutgers University professor at the department of sociology and anthropology and director of the Center for the Studies of Genocide and Human Rights, said he has been disappointed that some certain problems are overshadowing the important aspects of the proceedings.
“No trial is pure and perfect,” he said. “The idea is that you try to aspire for those high standards. But the problem is, if you get focused on the negatives, you fail to see the positive things, and that’ll be a very disappointing thing if that’s the only thing that the Khmer Rouge tribunal is remembered for.’’
Greg Stanton, president of Genocide Watch and the International Association of Genocide Scholars, told VOA Khmer in an interview allegations remain unproven, even while they are being pursued by the UN and by defense lawyers.
“The UN has been asked to come in and help [Cambodia] govern this tribunal. I think it needs to have very high standards, and I’ve always insisted on that,” Stanton said. “So, I do believe the tribunal needs to be free of corruption.”
However, he said, we should not take the allegations to be an excuse to ignore the crimes committed by Khmer Rouge.
“If we let what are probably rather minor types of corruption undermine the credibility of this court, we would be ignoring the big picture, which is the tremendous crimes that the Khmer Rouge committed,” he said.
Dacil Keo, a Cambodian-American doctoral student of political science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, told VOA Khmer that corruption at any level could affect the process of justice sought by victims of the regime.
“In particular, a lot of Cambodians right now don’t generally trust government officials,” she said. “They know that Cambodia has a corrupt government. I think with that existing perspective on the Cambodian government, the Khmers should work very hard to make sure that, you know, if there’s corruption, they deal with it.”
Alex Hinton, Rutgers University professor at the department of sociology and anthropology and director of the Center for the Studies of Genocide and Human Rights, said he has been disappointed that some certain problems are overshadowing the important aspects of the proceedings.
“No trial is pure and perfect,” he said. “The idea is that you try to aspire for those high standards. But the problem is, if you get focused on the negatives, you fail to see the positive things, and that’ll be a very disappointing thing if that’s the only thing that the Khmer Rouge tribunal is remembered for.’’
Greg Stanton, president of Genocide Watch and the International Association of Genocide Scholars, told VOA Khmer in an interview allegations remain unproven, even while they are being pursued by the UN and by defense lawyers.
“The UN has been asked to come in and help [Cambodia] govern this tribunal. I think it needs to have very high standards, and I’ve always insisted on that,” Stanton said. “So, I do believe the tribunal needs to be free of corruption.”
However, he said, we should not take the allegations to be an excuse to ignore the crimes committed by Khmer Rouge.
“If we let what are probably rather minor types of corruption undermine the credibility of this court, we would be ignoring the big picture, which is the tremendous crimes that the Khmer Rouge committed,” he said.
Dacil Keo, a Cambodian-American doctoral student of political science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, told VOA Khmer that corruption at any level could affect the process of justice sought by victims of the regime.
“In particular, a lot of Cambodians right now don’t generally trust government officials,” she said. “They know that Cambodia has a corrupt government. I think with that existing perspective on the Cambodian government, the Khmers should work very hard to make sure that, you know, if there’s corruption, they deal with it.”
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We're the Constituents of the CPP. We are glad that ours leader Hun Sen is the ruler of the People of Cambodia. We aware of his activities and the way he ruled with the Iron clad.
Hun Sen owns 95% of Cambodia's wealth. The gas (LP), gasoline & stations, and other fuels are runs by his family members and his interests. Hun leased land concessions to foreign companies with the head of government as partnership in the development.
We, the people of Cambodia, aware of Hun Sen activities. Samdach Hun Sen owns everything and control everything in Cambodia: earth, air, fire, and water. We the CPP people looked up to him as God and savior of Khmer.
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CGs (consultive groups): what a joke! They go wherever, Hun Sen turns his/her head. To all people who's in this Forum, you ask where's Hun Sen got all his money from? It's a rhetorical question -- should be ashamed of yourself for not knowing since you're oversea already! He has billions of Dollars in offshore accounts.
Samdach Hun Sen monopolized everything in Cambodia, even the Red Cross executive is run by his own family member, Mrs. Bunrany Hun Sen is the president of the Red Cross. You are looking at the head of the governments, which has no moral principles for the citizens. How many time did anyone see Mrs. Hun Sen go to the aide of the evictees to offer foods for the children. None.
Princess of Thailand came to aide of these poor folks that was forcibly forced out their home. So Hun Sen can sell the land to the foreign developer. Our Samdach Hun Sen offshore accounts get fatter by the days.
Of nearly a Billion of dollars that CGs donated to Cambodia for improving the Society, more than 75% of the funds are being siphoned to offshore accounts or other bogus claimed by Samdach hun Sen interest groups.
For instance, a Kilometer of Road Construction in Cambodia, cost no more than 150,000 top. But, the official claimed 10's of million dollar. That the way, Hun Sen is operated.
I am telling you this because this is the way the CPP members are doing businesses. So, what does anyone want to do with us CPPs?
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Shot you guys right in between the eyes? And believe me, it will come to that!!!
Hey Keo,
Hope you're diffrent than that Ph.D guy by the name of Kao Kim Hourn!!!
Keo
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Just like Ah Chhleuy Hun Sen.
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people don't trust gov't due to experience of past gov't, etc... doesn't mean people can't change, though! you have to understand the human psychic and so on.
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