BBC News
Two judges at a war crimes court in Cambodia have argued publicly about opening investigations into people suspected of crimes against humanity under the Khmer Rouge regime.
A Swiss judge angrily accused his Cambodian counterpart of stopping him from revealing key information about two cases opposed by the government.
Up to 2.2 million people died during the Khmer Rouge era (1975-1979).
It is the latest row between judicial officials at the UN-backed court.
The BBC's Guy Delauney in Phnom Penh says that their quarrelling was all the more extraordinary because it was openly conducted in public.
Rebuke
Under supreme leader Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge tried to build a Maoist peasant utopia, but descended into genocide as paranoid leaders sought to eliminate anyone who threatened them.
On Monday afternoon, the international co-investigating judge issued a statement to the media. Laurent Kasper-Ansermet said he was unable to provide updates on the progress of investigations because his Cambodian counterpart You Bunleng would not agree to it.
The Swiss - who took on the role after a German judge resigned unexpectedly in October citing political opposition to further prosecutions - was rebuked by his Cambodian counterpart, who an hour later released a statement of his own.
You Bunleng accused his colleague of trying to conceal his comments from Cambodian officials by releasing them on a national holiday.
He said Mr Kasper-Ansermet was not legally accredited and lacked understanding of the legal principles of the tribunal's work.
The two men are supposed to be working together to investigate cases of people believed to have been responsible for the deaths.
The Swiss judge arrived in Cambodia four weeks ago, but the body has yet to convene, paralysing the work of the co-investigating judges.
Observers said Monday's terse exchanges have dimmed hopes that Mr Kasper-Ansermet could break the logjam.
A second trial involving the regime's three most senior surviving leaders is due to resume on Tuesday.
It has so far completed just one case - jailing Kaing Guek Eav, a former Khmer Rouge prison chief, for 30 years in July 2010 for overseeing the deaths of 15,000 people.
17 comments:
Ah You Bun Leng is a Youn. Youn put him there is not for nothing. Ah you bun Leng didn't agree with Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansemet to release all those key informations because I beleive Ah Youn know that all those information can lead to open the face to whom was behind the Khmer Rouge. As We Khmer know that AH YOUN WAS BEHIND THE KHMER ROUGE.
Buddha said:
"Three things cannot be longer hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth."
C’est dejà trop trop tard!
Comprenez-vous bien une chose, vos ignorants Khmèrs:
Nous, Viet-Khmer, nous sommes actuellement la majorité légale de la population Khmère!!!
Nous, Viet, nous allons viêtnamiser vos ignorants Khmers de la tête au pouce exactment comme nous avions fait aux Khmers Kroms!
Too late already you dumb Khmer!
We, Viet-Khmer, are currently and legally the majority of the Viet-Khmer inhabitant of Viet-Cambodia.
You dumb Khmer will be vietnamized from head to toes just like those dumb Khmer Kroms!!!
ហួសពេលហើយ អាខ្មែរល្ងង់ខ្លៅ!
អាខ្មែរល្ងង់ខ្លៅរាល់គ្នាឯងនឹងក្លាយទៅជា
ជនយៀកណាម តាំងពីក្បាលដល់ចុងជើង
ដូចជាពពួកអាខ្មែរក្រោមអញ្ជឹង!!!
Vous-savez-dejà-qui-je-suis
Truth must be told. Traitor Kingd Sihanouk who played a key role in the death of 2 millions must also stand trial as a witness if nto accountable.
THank you Judge Laurent Kasper Ansermet!!
Ah you bunleng is yuon's slave. as long as ah hun sen in power, he will never let ah you bunleng do his job right. as ah hun sen already said, he does not want any more high profile khmer rouge to stand trial including that old seihanuk.
Dear all Khmer ,
For many years now since 2006 in this ECCC You Bunleng and Chea Leang always block this ECCC court process including limited the talk of Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan especially behind the closed door of this ECCC.
As 9:43 Am says as long as Hun Sen in power all Khmer will suffer endless and Cambodian will become minority on their homeland.
about time, someone speak up for justice and khmer.
Khieu Samphan,
Khieu Samphan said many years before he was arrested in late 2007 that he ( Khieu Samphan ) wanted to see this ECCC established and process at Hague , Holland rather then establishing in Cambodia.
I and other small group of Khmer heard with our own ears in Pailin.
But in those day I did not understand much about the different of having this ECCC at Hague , Holland instead of having it in Cambodia, but now I fully understand it all in our real Khmer history .
Motherfuckers communist alway want to keep secret! Professional Motherfuckers!!!!
Why you so special and more priviledge than the rest of us ah Pol Pot Yu Bunleng Motherfucker?"
I can understand the difficulty of the Swiss judge faced as he attempts to invite/bring Hun Sen, Chea Sim, Heng Samrin and the Old King on trail...(which his German counterpart had failed) this to the Cambodian's Judge is against his boss Hun Sen instructions and impediments set by Hun Sen and Vietnam had put in placed. Aim to protect from revealing the real killers of the killing field.
I which the Swiss every success, if he did have a break through he will be the HERO of all Khmer People and will be remember through-out history to bringing real justice to the Khmer people...
Quote
"However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at"Stephen Hawking 9Jan2012
សូមអង្គព្រះសម្តេចឪ មេត្តាចាត់ព្រះតំណាងទៅបំភ្លឺ តុលាការផង ដើម្បីឲ្យកូនចៅព្រះអង្គស្គាល់ពន្លឺយុត្តិធម៏ខ្លះ មុននឹងព្រះអង្គយាងចាកលោក
the vietcong and their supporter crooks playing big games.
we khmer need to step our games, and beat them in their own games.
The United Nations,
The United Nations must stand firmly on its principals.
Do not let Vietnam, the real Khmer killers, and its puppet Hun sen’s government push you around.
When you let this puppet government pushed you around during UNTAC era, what was the outcome? The gangsters seized the power. Cambodia became l'Etat de fait since then, and Khmer people have been suffered badly.
The United Nations must stop listening to the biggest traitor in Cambodia history, Norodom Sihanouk. He is simply a mentally retarded and hated considerably by ALL educated Khmer people.
The UN past mistake:
Failed to enforce the 1991 Paris Peace accord.
The tricky Vietnam:
Did Vietnam abide by the 1973 treaty signed with the US? Not
Did Vietnam comply with the 1991 Paris Peace accord? Not
In brief, the United Nations must be assertive in dealing with Vietnam and Hun Sen. Stop doing something that is "half measure".
Seng Theary played her Dart-Game against ECCC is simply one of the Youn element to obstruct Khmer Rouge tribunal. Now, we have seen Ah you bun Leng playing another trick to hide the reality of the killing field. We will see other trick come out soon....
Buddha said:
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."
Seng Theary Dart Game make Khmer:
1. Khmer hate Khmer.
2. Khmer revenge Khmer.
3. Khmer keep killing each other.
Direct or indirect Seng Theary's dart game serves yuon benifits not Khmer's benifits at all.
So direct or indirect Seng Theary working for yuon Hanoi.
Replace You Bunleng and the prbelem be solved.
Nothing will be solved beleive it or not....when you are old you are so afraid to die....Kheiv Samphan, and his former KR is now living day by day getting scared of Dr. Death....No way to end this court....
THE PURPOSE OF MAFIAS,THUGS,GANGSTER LEADERS NGUYEN TAN DUNG AND HUN XEN TO SEND THE EVIL LAWYER YOU BUNLEANG TO BE CO-INVESTIGATE JUDGE IS CLEARLY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE FOR ECCC.
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