Hun Sen (left), himself a former low-level commander for the communist movement, has publicly stated he would rather the court failed than pursue other former regime members, fearing another civil war. --PHOTO: REUTERSSep 2, 2009
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PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA'S UN-backed war crimes court announced on Wednesday that it would investigate more suspects from the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, blamed for the deaths of up to two million people.
'The international prosecutor is authorised to make an introductory submission to co-investigating judges to open additional judicial investigations,' court spokesman Lars Olsen told AFP.
Based on the investigations, the tribunal will have to decide whether to prosecute these suspects, a move that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has already strongly opposed for fear it could spark civil war.
The tribunal was created in 2006 to try leading members of the 1975-1979 regime, and five former leaders are currently being held on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The court's long-awaited first trial of Kaing Guek Eav, better known by the alias Duch, is now under way, and he has accepted responsibility for overseeing the execution of more than 15,000 people at the regime's main prison.
The new suspects in question are lower-level members of the communist movement, whose names have not been made public. It was not immediately known how many suspects would be investigated.
Cambodian prosecutors have opposed their international colleagues' wishes to pursue more indictments.
Hun Sen, himself a former low-level commander for the communist movement, has publicly stated he would rather the court failed than pursue other former regime members, fearing another civil war.
But critics have accused the administration of trying to protect former regime members who are now in government.
'The international prosecutor is authorised to make an introductory submission to co-investigating judges to open additional judicial investigations,' court spokesman Lars Olsen told AFP.
Based on the investigations, the tribunal will have to decide whether to prosecute these suspects, a move that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has already strongly opposed for fear it could spark civil war.
The tribunal was created in 2006 to try leading members of the 1975-1979 regime, and five former leaders are currently being held on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The court's long-awaited first trial of Kaing Guek Eav, better known by the alias Duch, is now under way, and he has accepted responsibility for overseeing the execution of more than 15,000 people at the regime's main prison.
The new suspects in question are lower-level members of the communist movement, whose names have not been made public. It was not immediately known how many suspects would be investigated.
Cambodian prosecutors have opposed their international colleagues' wishes to pursue more indictments.
Hun Sen, himself a former low-level commander for the communist movement, has publicly stated he would rather the court failed than pursue other former regime members, fearing another civil war.
But critics have accused the administration of trying to protect former regime members who are now in government.
47 comments:
It is a long-awaited decision for Khmer victims of Pol Pot's extreme regime. And ECCC must speed up the legal process so that the victims and their families know the truth and move on.KhOpen,
More investigation on additional KR leaders scared the King to run back to Peking again! I told you!
Robert Petit had met his family members in Siemreap city to see that his family members were not physically harmed.
It must be reminded that Robert Petit had asked the ECCC to put six more people on trial such as NORODOM SIHANOUK, HENG SAMRIN, CHEA SIM, HUN SEN, HO NAM HONG and KEAT CHHON.
HUN SEN representatives ordered Mr. Robert Petit to stop asking the ECCC to put more people to trial. If he doesn’t stop, he must resign, ordered HUN SEN people or else (Police HUN SEN threatened on the lives of Robert Petit’s family members).
We have witnesses to support the above facts.
What the hell, might as well put all the Khmer Rouge survivors on trial.
--Rainsy
min tha tae ah sdach te, ah chhkae dael peak poan roeung samlas reas khmer ko pyea yeam min aoy mean ka seub angket rok ah bat day prolak chheam teat dae. vea chong aoy kumrong ka bos sahak prochea cheat parachey. vea kumream daoy proe peak tha khlach mean sang kream civil teat, ah chhkae boe chong tha ahaeng neak tveu teat ko tha tov, ah kvak muoy cham heang teat.
what civil war? if all these clowns take a stand at the KR tribunal, there will be no civil war whatsoever! Who would want to start a war again when those who started the war are being tried? hun sen has nothing else to say except to make some bs talk to divert attention from the real issue.
Cambodian ppl starving to dead and the rich getting richer most of them former khmer rouge. The Cambodian people sick and tired being use to die by the king and youn Hun SEn if they go to war is to against the opportunist wealthy like hun sen and their clans that is it.
Please UN do not scare that tactics
I think FBI and UN can share the information and proceed the international laws to arrest the monster blood thirst Hun Sen and Cambodia will be getting the real peace.
Lonalianist kid
Ah Hun Khvang,
Another Civil War ??? By you or who???
Go ahead ! We want to see your ligtning strike Viet mad dog is going to do that!!!
Hun Sen has set up CPP administration both civilian and arm forces in the form of a pyramid. He has appointed his downline and his downline have apointed a further downline and so on until the grassroots level. The grassrooks level need to pay and respect unconditionally their upline. For economy handling, he has also set up a pyramid economy as well by giving license to only his circle. So the country is moving into a slavery society like Tibet before 1949 very soon by having people who can own hundred of slaves for local trading. Areak Prey
If Hun Sen really a strong man why he is afraid from investigation to Khmer Rouge low level by UN court.
I have meet a lot of former Khmer Rouge they said that they don't afraid at all about this issue because that is the Khmer history for your generation.
In Germany during world war II, not only Hitler, SS-Men, but only prison watchman like Demjanjuks who arrived in USA 1952, 2009 back to Germany must be hard punished. But in Cambodia has blood in their hand but still lead the country. Let young generation without blood in their hand to lead this country ...
God bless Khmers
Om Areak Prey speculates too much.
Yes put all Khmer Rouge on trial. Million of them and some are now living oversea. I can bet some are in KI especially the old fart from old schools were all KR.
Listen old Khmers. You guys are so worrying about putting King Sihanouk and other Khmer leaders like Hun Sen, Chea Sim, and Heng Samrin on trial. Do you know after those old boys die, there won't be real Khmers in power?
It wil be new faces, and perhaps Sok Kong will be Cambodian next Prime Minister.
Cambodia is stil the same name , but new faces will rule.
I hate to say this: I hate your generation who caused Cambodian unrest trouble, and I wish you all die miserable fast and leave my country and my people alone.
LONG LIVE KING SIHANOUK
LONG LIVE KHMERS AND KAMPUCHEA
BRACHEY POURK TROUBLE MAKERS
Yeah it will cause another civil war. Hun Sen is a war monger and if he doesn't get his way with things, he will use force. The fucking retard had always used force when he knows he's about to fail or when he knows he's about to be disenfranchised. Hun Sen is placing a threat because the Cambodian People's Party is just the updated name for the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party, which were (and still are) Vietnam's sluts who were former Khmer Rouge cadres who became traitors to Pol Pot to save their own asses. And these CPPs are all former Khmer Rouge bitches. When you walk past by them, they still smell of the rapists, torturers, and murderers that they will always be.
3;59pm. And you are charlie- Viet Cong.
Seuls les Khmers pro-américains sont NON-ROUGES. Mettons tous les Khmers rouges en prison (c'est-à-dire des millions de personnes) et laissons les terres aux Vietnamiens. CQFD.
GE,5:26,
You are crazy and idiot right now.
Stop writing French language, OK.
This isn't making any sense for HUN SEN kept bringing up the renew of sparking a new war.
I'm telling you HUN SEN, we Khmer would like to see this process go on without your threatening us of war.
We don't war!! If you won't create one, no one will. Can you have a logical thinking??
You control all army and you worry about war. Only those poor Khmer believe in you speeches. But if you said like that to the western world, they don't even think you're making any sense.
Can you be a real leader!!
All Khmer wants justice!!
Hope to see hun sen name is on the list. I want to see how he gonna re-acts.
Beside, khmer have enough seeing his face and mouth open with garbage coming out each time. khmer never one time heard him open his mouth against youns or hanoi or thailand.
What a disgrace.
ah phleu os aeng nov tae phleu, min kit tha bantech teat tov mae ov ahaeng konn propun, konn chav ahaeng khlay tov chea kanh cheas dach thlay robos ah yuon kantob ning ah siam ach kri, rok dey muoy cham am nov min ban doch puok cham icheung, ah phleu!!!!!!!!!!!
The violent Hun Sen always frighten his own people with civil war will break out to defend his cause... His party is the only party with guns and there are no reason for him to fear about... Please stop using the word civil war will break out... it is time to defend justice in our society. Remember people are paying the price for poor run government.
No body talked about war or instability. Hun Sen does. Play with war, will get killed in war.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
Executions
Massacres
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Human Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leader of the Free Trade Union
Attempted Assassinations on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Attempted Murders on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders members and activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Killings
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and others military official on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Remove Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leader of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
UNDER AGE CHILD SEX
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed under age child sex.
Svay Sitha is a senior government official from Cambodian People's Party.
Svay Sitha had a sexual relationship with Tat Marina, she was only 16 years old.
Source: Human Rights Watch
ACID ATTACK ON TAT MARINA
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed acid attack.
"On December 5, 1999, Tat Marina, age 16, was severely disfigured in an acid attack in Phnom Penh. The attack was allegedly committed by Khun Sophal, the wife of a senior government official, Svay Sitha, because she was angry her husband had a sexual relationship with Tat Marina. Neither Khun Sophal nor those suspected of being her accomplices in the attack were brought to justice. Intense media publicity compelled the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Khun Sophal for attempted murder, but the police claimed that they could not locate her, although journalists reported that she was living at home as usual."
Source: Human Rights Watch
TORTURE AND MURDER ON PRAK SITHA WHILE IN CUSTODY BY MISNISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIAL
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed torture and murder.
"On the night of January 16, 2003, a street youth named Prak Sitha was beaten to death at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) headquarters after he was arrested and detained by off-duty MOI officers on suspicion of theft. His body - bearing numerous injuries to the head, torso, arms, and legs - was dumped at a Phnom Penh pagoda the following morning by ministry officers, in violation of police regulations regarding deaths in custody. No criminal charges were filed in connection with this death. In December 2004, the case was cited by the UN secretary-general's special representative for human rights in Cambodia - who stated that Prak Sitha died at the ministry "following beatings by a known police officer" - as an example of a "consistent and continuing pattern of impunity" in Cambodia."
Source: Human Rights Watch
PUT SAMPHORS WAS SHOT DEAD BY MEAN SOKCHEA, A RCAF MAJOR WORKING IN BRIGADE 70.
Hun Sen's personal Bodyguards Unit (Brigade 70) is a terrorist organization.
Hing Bunheang is a March 30, 1997 Grenade Attack suspect identified by the FBI.
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed murder, again.
"On September 4, 2008, Mean Sokchea, a RCAF major working in Brigade 70, shot dead 21-year-old waitress Put Samphors at a restaurant in Kandal province. Mean Sokchea, in a drunken stupor, fired his gun and apparently mistakenly hit Put Samphors in the stomach. She was taken to a hospital but later died of her wounds. Mean Sokchea was detained by the police overnight but was then released, allegedly after intervention by Hing Bun Heang. Put Samphor's family received US$2,700 from Mean Sokchea, and the police told them that their daughter was shot while authorities were chasing robbers."
Source: Human Rights Watch
Good news for innocent Khmer peoples.
Bad news for Ah Hun Sen and his Killing machine party (Cambodian People's Party).
HUN SEN is a messed up insane. Nobody inside his country beside his CPP have gun to cause war. Only CPP can create war. He can't kept threatening us with WAR!!
We want justice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May I remind Ah Hun Sen, it is not up to you.
It is up to the UN Khmer Rouge Tribunal court whether to prosecute more criminals that murder about 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.
What don't you understand?
Ah Hun Sen piece of shit.
Ah Hun Sen it's time for you
Ah Chheam Sraek Sbaek Hao!
This is called the "Shrimp Soup".
It is time for the CPP to go straight to hell!!!
Yes, Hun Sen was once a low level commander for khmer rough, but he defected from them when he found out what the khmer rough plant to do to the people, he had no part in the killing of Cambodians people. If you want to put Hun Sen on trial, you should put most Cambodians, who born before 1975 on trial together, becuase most Cambodian born before 1975 supported the khmer rough, event the Lon Nol armies supported the khmer rough at that time,becuase at that time everyhwere the khmer rough came to attack the armies just lay down their weapons and let the khmer rough took over. Yes, most of us was victims of the khmer rough, but most of us was once a supporter of the khmer rough and Hun Sen was the in the same boats.
measthes@yahoo.com
Cambodia must have a new prime minister that appointed by United Nations otherwise Cambodians obviously fall in vietnam's ambitious .
vietnam prepares a trap to swallow Cambodia one step at a time as they swallow Champa and Kampuchea Krom.
If there is no help from U.N Cambodia will engage with another killingfield by viet khmer rouge.
1;11pm
And who will be he next PM of Cambodia? It will be a new face Khmer like in Laos.
12:59,
OMG!
Stop it! You sound so retarded.
I have no rebuttal for you, due to your stupid comment.
The end
I would like to warned everyone on KI-Media NOT to communicate to anyone via E-mail or telephone on this site. Do not trust anyone, especially people like Meas Thes. He could be fishing or gathering intelligence for his boss ..Huynh Sen. Trust no one!
Be vigilant! Please don't fall to easy prey.
12:59 PM
fuck you
To 1:50PM
You sound like Cambodia is in the state of war.
Here is the truth about me, I have no connection with CPP nor SRP, I am just an individual who love to see Cambodia in peace and prosperous. I do not like to see one man run the country for along time, but I do not see any of the opposition qalify to do the job. Becuase I believe the leader must be strongs politicly,economicly and military in order for the country to be stable especially in a country like our.
measthes@yahoo.com
To 2:56 PM,
You have the same thoughts as all Khmer Leaders who always claim that they are only one to qualify for the job. Without them the country will fall or will be at war again. Leaders from Sihanouk, Lon Nol, Pol Pot, and now Hun Sen always have such an attitude. At the end of their reign Cambodia is still a complete failure and they never admit their failure. Under Hun Sen inept leadership, Cambodia is a beggar country for 30 years now: the government and the people are beggars. In this world, only dictatorship country leaders can hold on to power for 20, 30, 40 years or for life. To better the country, at some point, new fresh people with better brain has to be brought in to the leadership position. If you don't give people a chance to lead, how do you know that they cannot do better job than you. Leaders Performance cannot be measured if yardstick is not used.
9:13pm ! lON NOL NEVER DID AS THE COMMIES DID AND IS DOING NOW!
2:56PM! YOU BRAINE IS FUCKING UP, SOUND LIKE THE FUCKING COMMUNIST AND THE DICK HEAD!
DEMONCRACY NEED BRAINE AND INVOLVEMENT FROMM EVERY CITIZENS! THE COUNTRY WOULD NOT DIE ALONG WITH ANY JUGHEAD THAT HIT BY LIGHTNING! FOOL!
Wow!!10;26pm. What a nice languages.
Yep the country, Cambodia will never die, but Khmers will die or soon be disappear.
New Cambodians (not Khmers anymore) will be the rightful owner of Cambodia.
2:56 IF you believe in hun sen, your a communist.
To Thes Meas
If I understand you correctly, Hun Sen
defected from Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime when he found out what the Khmer rouge plant to do to the people after 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples had been murder, he had no part in the killing of Cambodian peoples.
Why after 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples has been murder then Hun Sen realize that the Khmer Rouge Regime is killing innocent Khmer peoples?
Why are you represent Hun Sen?
How did you know that Hun Sen had no part in the killing of Cambodian peoples?
Are you lying for Hun Sen?
For the last 30 years, Hun Sen is continue to kill innocent Khmer peoples.
What make you think that Hun Sen did not kill innocent Khmer peoples?
And don't tell KI reader that Hun Sen is not killing innocent Khmer peoples in the last 30 years.
What you are trying to say is Pol Pot did all the killing by himself?
Thes Meas don't act stupid.
"If you want to put Hun Sen on trial, you should put most Cambodians, who born before 1975 on trial together, becuase most Cambodian born before 1975 supported the khmer rough,"
According to you the victims of Khmer Rouge Regime are Khmer Rouge supporters?
This sound so dumb.
After I have read your comment, I found out that you are not educated at all.
You are so dumb.
To Thes Meas
The Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime call Cambodia; Democratic Kampuchea which is completely opposite.
Cambodia was a Communist Kampuchea.
Saying an opposite is an indication that they are a criminals that don't take any responsibilty for the crimes that they had committed.
Thes Meas, you're support Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime who is killing innocent Khmer peoples.
Do me a favor don't ever tell anyone that you are Khmer, because you make Khmer peoples look bad.
To Thes Meas
I'll give you a chance, if I feel that you are support Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Regime who is killing innocent Khmer peoples I will call you Ah infront of your name. Plus I will put your name on my hate list.
Hi, all,
Dear all,
Now, we should wake up and identify who we are because individual or interest group who created this English website (KI media)in which almost information provided only in favor of oppositition party, but it is not so helpful to the public interest in terms of sensibility, creativity, contructivity, productivity, and neatral judgement. If u say that Cambodia is not a demoncratic country, u a 100% wrong.
By the way, if u say that the demoncracy in Cambodia is not fully applied or partially carried out, of course your idea or judgement is sensible and valuable. But, it is still acceptable because Cambodia case is not as the same as other countries cases, we need sometime to make change.
If were u, anyway, I may be very shame due to the fact that information provided is only attacked individual person that lead to conflict of interests (your own problem). My suggestion is that u should provide fair and neatral information that would help our country and people. Especially; foreigners shall not be able to look down our nation due to the fact that we a in unique unity. Why? Because it does not matter even we fight with each other. We attack just in the purpose of progress and future develpment of ow own nation. We should learn from the past experiece, we lost when we broke, we won when we united.
From Thana
I am sorry, I am not intellectual person. My education backgrownd is little and my English is poor too.
Dear all,
Now, we should wake up and identify who we are because individual or interest group who created this English website (KI media)in which almost information provided only in favor of oppositition party, but it is not so helpful to the public interest in terms of sensibility, creativity, contructivity, productivity, and neatral judgement. If u say that Cambodia is not a demoncratic country, u a 100% wrong.
By the way, if u say that the demoncracy in Cambodia is not fully applied or partially carried out, of course your idea or judgement is sensible and valuable. But, it is still acceptable because Cambodia case is not as the same as other countries cases, we need sometime to make change.
If were u, anyway, I may be very shame due to the fact that information provided is only attacked individual person that lead to conflict of interests (your own problem). My suggestion is that u should provide fair and neatral information that would help our country and people. Especially; foreigners shall not be able to look down our nation due to the fact that we a in unique unity. Why? Because it does not matter even we fight with each other. We attack just in the purpose of progress and future develpment of ow own nation. If we try to attack individual, we can not change because of conflict of interest between supporters and oppositors. We can achieve a goal and do thing change unless we break difference and combine into commond interest,goal and vision.
We should learn from the past experiece, we lost when we broke, we won when we united.
From Thana
I am sorry, I am not intellectual person. My education backgrownd is little and my English is poor too.
To Thana
"Now, we should wake up and identify who we are because individual or interest group who created this English website (KI media)in which almost information provided only in favor of oppositition party, but it is not so helpful to the public interest in terms of sensibility, creativity, contructivity, productivity, and neatral judgement."
If you looking to join a website in which almost all information provided only in favor of the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, you needs to go to the CPP website.
The Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime who is killing innocent Khmer peoples during the Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime for 3 years 8 months 20 days and the last 30 years that the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime continue to kill journalists, political opponents, leader of the free trade union, innocent men, women and children.
Why are you complaining?
Are you supporter of Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime?
Why do you need to identify individual or interest group who created this English website (KI media)?
Thana, you're support the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime who is killing innocent Khmer peoples.
Do me a favor don't ever tell anyone that you are Khmer, because you make Khmer peoples look bad.
Where was the Human Right? Where were the UN and US? Where was the World compassion? Where was God? Where were you when we need you during the KR regime? I was there and watched the innocent Cambodian dying. I had only the questions without answers. How come the UN, US just show after the Vietnamese invaded and liberated the Cambodians from the bloody hand of Khmer Rouge?? Until now I still can not get the right answers!!
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