By Yun Samean
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soch
Click here to read the original article in Khmer
On 25 October, a high ranking government official considered the lawsuit brought up by a group of Nuon Chea’s defense lawyer as a useless joke.
The government official’s mockery came after Nuon Chea’s defense lawyers filed a lawsuit on 24 October to the Phnom Penh municipal court, accusing a number of high-ranking government officials of interfering with the KR Tribunal progress.
Hor 5 Hong, the minister of Foreign Affairs, told reporters at his ministry that the government does not care to reply to Nuon Chea’s defense lawyers’ accusation, claiming that the government interferes with the KR Tribunal: “This is a joke that we don’t need to reply back.”
Nuon Chea’s defense lawyers accused Hun Xen and a number of high-ranking government officials of violating the law by preventing witnesses from testifying at the KR Tribunal and by preventing the court from bringing additional suspects to try. These defense lawyers consider these actions as being joint criminal plan in order to interfere with the judicial system and the rights of the accused to receive a fair trial.
The accusations leveled by Nuon Chea’s defense lawyers are very similar to the accusations leveled by the international Co-Investigating Judge Siegfried Blunk who resigned from his position on 09 October.
Blunk indicated that the reason he resigned was because in May 2011, Khieu Kanharith, the minister of Information, claimed that if the KRT wants to try Case 003/004, it should pack and leave Cambodia. Furthermore, Hor 5 Hong indicated that the decision to arrest additional suspects is the Cambodian government’s rights. Blunk added that these were the reason why he cannot work independently and without pressure.
On 20 October, the UN told government officials not to talk about the KRT work, in particular, in regards to Case 003/004 in which 5 other suspects would be brought to trial.
Last Thursday, the KRT issued a statement indicating that Patricia O’Brien, the UN legal counsel, told Sok An, the minister of the Council of Ministers, to prevent government officials from issuing any statement that affect the progress of the KRT, in particular, in Case 003/004, as well as in other judicial matters. She indicated that the Cambodian government has the duty to cooperate with the KRT during the trial of the suspects.
6 comments:
Can the ex commie Motherfucker know how to respect the laws!!!!!
Motherfuckers ah Hor nam hong just know the pwer of inprison and killing with no due prosess as real to the Motherfucker!@!!!
Why don't this so called Government of condome of Cambodia talk with respeck to peacefull due process of LAWS??????
They don't need to reply mean they confess that they interfere in he ECCC. They afraid the public would know they are the former khmer rougue who killed millions of their own people.
I agreed with both10:31 and 10:49
I was lost my case at one because my attorney didn't reply to the complain because of my two lawyers think it wasn't necessary to reply,Cambodian government will be guilty with out verdict because they violating the international laws .
In my case I was absolutely right but it up to the judge.
Cambodian JUDGES OR WESTERNERS?
The UN THAT s not too stupid,khmers rouge trial it wasn't famous before but now Ho Namhong and CPP can run ,lie but you can't hide from the truth.
Thanks
U.N Get your acts together. Are you helping find justice? If you cant do your job, give the job to ICJ and make sure Hun Sen and Hor Nam Hong is on the trials for the murders.
ECCC is a potical show trial.
And the mastermind of genocide between 1975-179 are still at large.
To Hun Sen and Hor Namhong it is a joke .
But to million Cambodian it is a clear confession of CPP in the interferences into this ECCC so the full and open public hearing of Case 002 never take place under CPP.
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