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Wednesday 26th Oct, 2011
By Letitia Atkinson
letitia@thesun.co.nz
SunLive (New Zealand)
The co-investigating judges handling the pre-trial case of the men accused of ordering the torture and murder of a Whakatane man in 1978 are accused of misconduct.
Kerry Hamill was killed after being seized off the coast of Cambodia; the orders to torture and murder him were given under the Khmer Rouge regime.
Kerry’s younger brother, Rob Hamill, appealed to be a civil party representative in the third cases against the defendants, but had his appeal rejected by the Office of Co-Investigating Judges.
A new ruling has revealed evidence of possible judicial misconduct as well as serious procedural irregularities on the part of investigating judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.
The ruling was made by the tribunal’s Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC), which rules on disputes for cases that have not yet gone to trial.
The two international judges on the PTC concluded that the Office of the Co-Investigating Judges (OCIJ) had denied victims the “fundamental right to legal representation”.
Rob’s lawyer Sam Sokong says revelations of judicial misconduct by the Co-Investigating Judges (CIJs) in the decision to reject Rob’s civil claims shows his case was the litmus test for the future of civil party participation in the case.
Rob was recognised as a civil party in the tribunal’s first two cases, but was rejected for the third on the grounds that he “did not demonstrate that he suffered the alleged psychological injury as a direct consequence of the death of his brother”.
Sam says on October 24, the PTC issued its considerations of Rob’s appeal, where there was a clear divide along national and international line.
“As the PTC could not reach an affirmative super majority vote on a decision either way, the rejection of Rob’s application for civil party status stands.
“However, the opinions of the international judges disclose a number of facts which clearly give rise to the appearance of, or actual, misconduct by the CIJs.”
5 comments:
Dear all,
Half of Khmer Rouge between 1975-1979 were formere Khmer Viet Minh as follow:
1. Heng Samrin.
2. Chea Sim.
3. So Phim.
4. Keo Meas.
5. And many more.
So who formed Khmer Vith Minh?
So who formed CPP?
So ECCC is Hanoi ECCC.
So Khmer must stop wondering why this ECCC has so many problems.
Justice, Human Right, and Democracy NEED to go together all the way lost one others gone too!!!!
Please help Cambodian live in peace and dignity as free people!
If the United Nations fails in its prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Cambodia, it will set a very bad example to the International Justice Systems and the very reputation of the United Nations itself will be at stake.
ECCC under the UN watch, is a joke. UN cannot even government their own people, even knowing that Hun Sen is abusing human rights left and right, UN is still putting on a show for Hun Sen. ICC must step in and find justice for the Khmer people, otherwise, Hun Sen will continue his dictatorship.
Do you see Ah Duch in this document?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKFxxCkbRmY&feature=related
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