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| Seng Theary, left, walk through a gate at the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall. (Photo: AP) |
Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Tuesday, 12 April 2011
“...the justice that we have received is not sufficient; it is messy and cheap.”
Listen: Men Kimseng Hosts 'Hello VOA' on 11 April, 2011
Seng Theary, a former child prisoner of the Khmer Rouge who lost her parents to the regime, filed a complaint last week against two former leaders not yet detained, or named, by the UN-backed tribunal.
Seng Theary told “Hello VOA” Monday she filed the complaint, which drew sharp criticism from the court, in order to push for the indictments of more Khmer Rouge leaders.
A spokesman for the tribunal called the complaint irresponsible, after she filed with the victim’s unit of the court for cases 003 and 004, which remain confidential.
But Seng Theary said Monday the court has been limited in its prosecutions of leaders, having only successfully brought one case to trial, the relatively simple case against Kaing Kek Iev, the former torture chief better known as Duch.
Seng Theary has also filed as a civil party complainant in upcoming Case 002, against four jailed leaders, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary and Ieng Thirith.
After millions of dollars spent on the court, she said, “the justice that we have received is not sufficient; it is messy and cheap.”
She said she filed the complaint against former Khmer Rouge commanders Meas Mut and Sous Met because she believed them responsible for the deaths of her parents.
Khmer Rouge scholars have said the two men and others have a good chance of being indicted if the tribunal moves forward in cases 003 and 004. The court has kept the names of suspects confidential.
But the cases have become politically sensitive, with Prime Minister Hun Sen and some Cambodian judges at the court claiming their prosecution could destabilize the country by inflaming former Khmer Rouge cadre.
Seng Theary called such warnings “unacceptable political intervention” in the cases and asked that public officials stay clear of court procedures.
“As a victim, my client has the full right to file her complaint to the court at any time to seek justice,” said Choung Chou-Ngy, Seng Theary’s attorney for the tribunal, who was also a guest on the show.
And while tribunal officials say it is true complainants can file anytime, the court has not released the identities of the suspects.
“Those who can reveal the name of any individual are only the co-investigating judges,” said Reach Sambath, a tribunal spokesman. “I think we should leave them to do their job, as per the law.”
Civil parties must “respect the principle of the presumption of innocence before a trial,” he added. “Therefore, once an individual files a complaint as a civil party, at a time when there is no name in public, and then to announce it publicly, this will affect court procedure.”
Seng Theary said she filed her complaint because the two cases have been with the office of investigating judges for more than a year after being handed up by the prosecution.
16 comments:
After listening to Seng Theary, I am very proud of her. A child survivor of Pol Pot, got her education and giving back her time and effort to standup against hun xen regime. No matter what you are our hero.
Youns are low life,
They think they are better than khmer.
But they steal from khmer, kill khmer, move to live with khmer.
What a hippocrite youn.
She is right,
khmer rouge kills millions.
We khmer want atleast a handfull of those responsible.
8:58 AM, watch your mouth.
Your mother don't fuck ?
If your mother didn't fuck,
There wouldn't be you lowlife.
Good for you Theary, you make Reach Sambath looks like a jerk.
Reach Sambath said by law the defendant is innocent until proven guilty.
Theary said “If a man rapes a girl. To the girl the rapist is guilty. But for the judge and the public at large the rapist is innocent until proven guilty.”
She was the victim of the people in the cases 03/04, so she has the right to accuse them openly.
Reach Sambath is too light weight compared to Theary.
PLease discuss more about 1997 coup. We shouldn't forget thousands of khmers lives that have been murdered by PhD Called Dr. Hun Sen and his PhD families.
KI media, Please post more articles about 1997 coup put more pictures and video clips about how CPP and PhD Dr. Hun Sen killed khmers at 1997 coup. Please Ki media I beg you.
Khmers victims of 1997 coup at cambodia
I am bagging you KI media please post more articles about 1997 coup. We shouldn't forget thousands of khmer lives murdered by Prime Minister Hun Sen and his PhD families.
Please Ki media, Post more pictures and video clips on how PhD Hun Sen and his PhD families murdered thousands of cambodians at 1997 coup.
Please KI media, I beg you please!
Khmers victins og 1997 coup..
9:30 AM, By checking your websites, why you are selling Yuon/Vietgook prostitutes? Seeing a little picture, it looks like an ugly bitch from Vietcong, very ugly! What are you doing here bitch? It is not the right place for you to advertise to make money for your Yuon masters in Hanoi!
Thank Theary Seng for bringing up 03/04 cases against Khmer Rouge.
The evil deeds must get the evil deeds.
A dozen Khmer Rouge leaders have to
the International Court.But Khmer people still confused this court
because the superpower countries are
in charge two blocks,the free world
and the communist block.
Some superpower states are taking sides in everywhere in the world.
Where is the UN justice?Where is the world justice?
But Cambodia still has high hope that the free world of the West will bring justice to Cambodia.
I feel so ashamed when I read about Theary, how she keeps screaming "I am the super victim" so that no other voice can be heard. It is so very sad that she is so full of herself.
Theary got a big pussy by fucking too much with foreigners, people can put their head in, hahaha
I think Seng Theary should learn how to speak Khmer properly first. Despite, she has moved to live in Cambodia for more than 10 years but her speaking Khmer is still really poor. Since, Seng Theary was booted out from the President of NGO, she tries to use her civil case at ECCC to promote her name and shows her stunt in Cambodian society.
Please bear in mind that, genocidal crime, war crime and crime against humanity always involved with politics if it trials in any country beside the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
Stop blaming Seng Theary. SHe doing her best to bring this KR monkey to jailed. All your Seng Theary hater need to look in the mirror and ask yourself what do you do for Cambodia! If she was a differnet race Khmer people would not complain or have bad comment here.
Dear, Ms. Seng Theary,
sorry, I might call you sister theary, if my speech is considered to be impolite to you. I dont know why you want justice so bad... Every Cambodians ages 40s up are all suffered the KR regime. Every Cambodians feel the same as you do. Not only you who want justice, but they stay calm waiting for the court to find for them. Without the court now, do you think you alone are able to find JUSTICE for yaself and others? Why you are so spoiled, sister theary? Or is it that you lived in the liberal state, and that liberal spoiled your thought already? Or you know ab law too much and wanna show off that you are the only one who could bring justice for all cambodians. Sister theary, you have nothing compareable to Sambath Reach. He started bare hand and make his life so succcess without hurting anyone. But you step on s.o to make you look higher, more successful. Stop it my dear sister, you used to be my idol and you should be yaself before. Politic can bring you no where, in Cambodia.
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