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| William Smith (left), deputy international prosecutor, speaks to Co-Prosecutor Chea Leang at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in 2009. (Photo by: Eccc/Pool) |
James O'Toole
The Phnom Penh Post
Prosecutors at the Khmer Rouge tribunal have announced plans to appeal against an order from the court’s investigating judges calling for them to retract a public statement made earlier this month, the latest salvo in the battle over the court’s controversial third case.
Deputy Prosecutor William Smith said yesterday that his office had filed a notice of appeal against the order on Friday to the court’s Pre-Trial Chamber.
Last month, co-investigating judges Siegfried Blunk and You Bunleng announced that they had concluded their investigation in Case 003. This case features former Khmer Rouge navy commander Meas Muth and air force commander Sou Met, though the men’s identities have not yet officially been made public.
In response to this announcement, British co-prosecutor Andrew Cayley issued a statement two weeks ago saying that the case “had not been fully investigated” and listing a series of additional investigative requests for the judges to perform, as he is permitted to do under court rules.
Among these requests were steps, including the questioning of the suspects, that were so basic as to call into question the integrity of the original investigation, leading critics to charge that the judges had bowed to the stiff opposition to Case 003 from Prime Minister Hun Sen and other officials.
In his statement, Cayley also named a number of alleged crime sites – information that had never before been made public – for the benefit of prospective civil party applicants.
In response, Blunk and You Bunleng ordered Cayley last week to publish a retraction, accusing him of illegally disclosing portions of their confidential investigation.
“The International Co-Prosecutor lacked legal basis for making the above mentioned information public, and he also violated the Rule of Confidentiality,” the judges said in a press release on Wednesday.
Cayley was notably not joined in his statement by Cambodian co-prosecutor Chea Leang, who opposes prosecutions beyond the upcoming Case 002.
Smith said last week that Cayley and the investigating judges “obviously have a difference of opinion in terms of his justification” for issuing the statement.
Asked how the prosecution would respond to an order to retract from the Pre-Trial Chamber, Smith said yesterday that his office would “wait till that comes”, adding: “I think the main point is that we would always comply with the orders of the court.”
20 comments:
Chea Lean is a Yuon bitch who was never fit in ECCC system. This bitch has to go back to Communist Vietcong because this ugly and thick face Yuon bitch has taken everything for grant, making her look good good as hell. I wish I would punch into her face. This Yuon bitch is a niece of CPP Yuon official thief/crook Sok An coming from Communist Vietnam to serve the stupid and blind Hun Sen.
This Yuon Bitch Chea Leang will never find a justice for the victims of Khmer people during the Vietcong/Yuon secret agents who killed millions of innocent Cambodian people in the Killing Fields because of Angkar Leur/Cap Tren coming from Communist Hanoi bastards.
As long the whole former Khmer Rouges (Viet KR) stay in the power, the real Khmer Rouge tribunal is only SHOW in order to hold the aid money for CPP Villa and a new cars. Why I say that? Because the insider has told me like this and till now the UN spent 200 millions but only Duch a lone was punished. In compare to Nurnberg prosess in Germany, the USA, Russia, UK, France had punish all the Adult Hitler morders during WW II. And no one of them would be escaped, but in Cambodia most of them are working now as high position in the Govt.
Who was the victims of Khmer Rouge (Viet and China)? Those were/are the people after 17 april 1975 and the real Khmer nationalists. The real justic for all of them is only the real judge (people in Gen. Lon Nol), not Hanio judge like this. I will never to expect this judge at all, that is only alibi. The real judge is only God.
We support you Mr. Andrew Cayley. Shame Blunk and Chea Leang
we need a new judge....we need a Isreal judge that was do the jobs and get it done
Please force these two to quit,Cambodian need better people to work on jurisdiction than these two siding with the real killers and politician than work hard for JUSTICE to all Cambodian.
CHEA LEANG MUST RESIGN PERIOD
We would not have this discussion, had the UN carried its obligation that would prevent the the genocidal reign of terror. Where was the UN when the former high school turned morphed into the abattoir?
We would not have this discussion, had the UN carried its obligation that would prevent the the genocidal reign of terror. Where was the UN when the former high school turned morphed into the abattoir?
Pi Anh (PPU/MOI)
Only the crazy Pi Anh Country and itself that knowing nothing about rules of laws but in the west we must serving jury duties every years for all ages of citizen to observe and share citizen ideas
Pi Anh your country is sucked you see now it is shaking because your dumb government acts.
Fuck Pi Anh
Only the crazy Pi Anh Country and itself that knowing nothing about rules of laws but in the west we must serving jury duties every years for all ages of citizen to observe and share citizen ideas
Pi Anh your country is sucked you see now it is shaking because your dumb government acts.
Fuck Pi Anh
In retrospect, how come the UN did not fulfill its (humanitarian)
obligation, which led the country into turmoil. Certainly, why did the UN irresponsibly allowed the former high school morphed into the abattoir?
Clearly, the UN is, in essence, attempting to burnish its act for its past humanitarian blunder by introducing the tribunal.
Pi Anh
5:40pm-
Do not use God in politic.
Why not God punish the evil that killed Khmer- Any way,
To say that only April-17 people are killed by KR is totally wrong.
Approximatel half of Khmer population are KR supporters and another half are new people. Both groups are all Khmer and are all killed before, during, and after Khmer Rouge regime. The chaos in which Khmer are hating and killing Khmer are mostly created by Yuon. Some Khmer are still being stupid blaming other nationalists Khmer until one day Cambodia become another Kampucheakrom.
12:28 AM,
"Some Khmer are still being stupid blaming other nationalists Khmer until one day Cambodia become another Kampucheakrom." That is correct, one day is no longer for all Khmers. New Kampuchea Krom is complete 80% already, only 20% are still Khmer. If you have a good Vietname friends (those told me the trust for a fews weeks ago) like me, you will schocked what the Vietnam want from Khmer, those told me Kampuchea now is full in the Vietnam 's hand, no way turn what Sihanouk dreamed in the past. It means Khmer now is finish and the Vietnam are full in this land. Angkor Wat belong to Viet too.
Chea Leang is 101% pure Vietnamese!
Chea Leang, please resign if you can't prosecute the former KR cadres. Stop bitching around, and you should know the world is watching.
Mee whore Chea Leang ,you fat and ugly face not fit with the job ,because you know nothing a bout judicial systems you are just one of khmer rouge cadre and got a good promote from Viet Nam so your credential it math with TA DUCH TA MOK TA HUN SEN
6:51 AM
You’re damn right, her fat and ugly face not fit with the job, but her vagina does.
Mee Chea leang is fat ugly bitch that need to be chop in head and face, I agree with people above. You will go to hell Mee bitch Chea leang!
It's under advised by Hanoi,Hun Sen's don't knonw at all just performanced followed his boss.
The troublemaker (not lawmaker),
Cecilia Wikstrom, a Swedish member of the European Parliament, would be much uglier if she's on our side (CPP), so the opposition leaders' clans are worshiping her beauty (although there's nothing to look at). In fact, Chea Leang, co-Prosecutor, is much prettier. And yes I'd much prefer my own specie.
Sadly and disappointingly, yet unsurprisingly overwhelming of the opposition leaders' supporters don't know the "bad," the "good," the "ugly," and the "UNKNOWN" of the European, that's why they blindingly and ignorantly rushed to welcome this individual openly.
Pi Anh
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