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| Patricia O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs |
UN News Centre
The United Nations Legal Counsel will travel to Phnom Penh next week for meetings concerning the Cambodia genocide tribunal in the wake of the resignation of one of the judges.
The tribunal, known officially as the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), was set up under an agreement signed in 2003 by the UN and the Government.
The independent court, which uses a mixture of Cambodian staff and judges and foreign personnel, is tasked with trying those deemed most responsible for mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979 during which as many as two million people are thought to have died.
The visit by Patricia O’Brien, the Under Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, follows the resignation earlier this week of Judge Siegfried Blunk, the international co-investigating judge at the ECCC.The UN has consistently stated that the ECCC must be permitted to proceed with its work without interference from any entity, including the Cambodian Government.
Judge Blunk cited repeated statements by senior Government officials opposing the progress of what are referred to as cases 003 and 004 – which concern senior members of the Khmer Rouge military suspected of being responsible for the deaths of thousands of people.
These statements, he noted in his letter of resignation, could be used to call into question his ability to perform his duties independently, and this would call into doubt the integrity of the whole proceedings in these cases.
The UN has consistently stated that the ECCC must be permitted to proceed with its work without interference from any entity, including the Cambodian Government.
Ms. O’Brien will hold meetings with Government officials and others concerning the tribunal, UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters in New York.
In addition to concerns regarding the issue of Government interference, there have also been concerns raised with respect to other aspects of the court’s work, which will also be addressed during the visit, he noted.
“It is important that the United Nations talks to senior officials in the ECCC and others to gain the best possible understanding of these concerns,” he stated.
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The real Khmer killers have been trying to stop the KRT from exposing their face to the world.
Khmer Vietminh were brainwashed and created by then North Vietnam in the 1950's.
During the Pol Pot’s era, those Khmer Vietminh worked along side with Khmer Rouge Pol Pot inside Cambodia.
Those Khmer Vietminh might have committed most of the Killings during Pol Pot’s reign.
The world should stop wondering why this KRT always has problems.
Because the Khmer Vietminh who currently hold the power, worried that the KRT will find out about their allegeable criminal acts.
To succeed, the UN must be assertive to deal with these allegeable criminals by moving this KRT out of Cambodia.
Just ask one question: If the former Khmer Vietminh Khmer rouge ( Hun Sen’s government) and Vietnam were cleaned, why they are so apprehensive about the tribunal?
The UN must understand that the ulterior motive of Vietnam and its puppet Government is to impede, and drag the KRT from going forward until all those old Khmer rouge leaders die. So there will be no proof to reveal the truth about the killing in Cambodia to the world.
Ask yourself, did Vietnam and the Cambodian government comply with the 1991 Paris peace accord? What is the real purpose of Vietnam and its puppet government for not implementing such peace accord ?
If the UN asks Vietnam and the Cambodian government about “KOR 5”, a scheme deployed by Vietnam after the 1980, which killed hundred thousands of Cambodian people, then the UN might have some ideas of what was going on during the Pol Pot’s era. The one who committed most of the killings may not be Pol Pot. And it is the duty of the KRT to find it out.
Judging Khmer rouge without judging yuons is just a joke because youns are mastermind of Khmer rouge and the killing field. Yuons are the real murderers. Letting yuons get of the crimes committed is another crime against humanity and A DENY of justice for the victims of yuon atrocity and hatred. Internal community must STOP TO COMMITMENT with yuons by deny yuons crimes and atrocities against Khmer and other weak and innocent people in SEA
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