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| Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Photo: AFP |
January 7, 2012
Lindsay Murdoch
The Sydney Morning Herald
THE Khmer Rouge commander who sent two Australian yachtsmen to Cambodia's notorious Tuol Sleng interrogation centre where they were tortured and killed in 1978 will escape justice at a United Nations tribunal in Phnom Penh.
Meas Muth, now in his 70s, was chief of the Khmer Rouge navy when his men captured Ronald Keith Dean and David Lloyd Scott after their yacht had strayed into Cambodian waters at a time the world was still unaware of a reign of terror under fanatical Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot.
The UN tribunal is set to drop charges against Meas Muth and Sou Met, the Khmer Rouge's air force chief, despite evidence of their crimes against humanity following the intervention of Cambodian strongman Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge cadre.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has told the UN he will not allow any further trials at the tribunal after the conclusion of hearings against five ageing Khmer Rouge leaders.
The trials, officially called the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, are in chaos following bitter internal disagreements and staff resignations.
The proceedings have cost almost $150 million since they were established in 2006.
Mr Meas Muth, who rose to the rank of general in Cambodia's military after defecting from the Khmer Rouge, is believed to be a high-level adviser to Mr Hun Sen's Defence Ministry.
UN and other investigators have established that Mr Meas Muth was responsible for the murders of many captured Vietnamese and Thai fishermen as well as a number of Western yachtsmen.
5 comments:
Travesty of Justice under the Junta Kingdom of Hun Sen and his Hanoi Masters--only the corrupt, lawless, rich and powerful wins!
ah slap tayhoong ah slap ronteas bing ah chor kbatcheat ah keatkar samlap reas khmers
this guy is brainless, and very ignorant. he do not understand the word Value
Ah Kwack and Ah Kwen (Samrin, Sim),
Your 7 January has brought about 5 to 7 million Vietnamese into Cambodia, and the number keeps growing.
Most of Khmer natural resource has been destroyed by your 7 January. The land border, the maritime border have been encroached by your master Vietnam.
Your 7 January 1979 has adopted the bilateral treaties, which heavily favored Vietnam to absorb Cambodia.
Your 7 January has defied the 1991 Paris peace accord and destroyed the UN’s effort to restore a true peace in Cambodia.
Wake up Ah Chkuot Teang Bey Kbal !!
Khmer people will become a minority in Cambodia very soon. Then Vietnam will legally take over Cambodia.
Wishing the lightning will strike Hun Shit, Chheu Sim, Heng Samrer, Cheam Yip, Kanha Lith Kdet Sess, Svar Kim Hong, Sdach Lob Sihanouk in this 2012.
Som khmer nov srok AMERICAN,bdeung tov Government US ,OBAMA ,ompi kakranei :
1- ah chker CHEA SARUN,communist yuon
2- ah Ambassador HEM HENG,yuon CPP
3- ah Ambassador (UN) SEA KOSAL yuon CPP
4- ah chker PHAY SIPHAN etc........
del kompong ros leu teuk dey lok Serey ,heui tveu jea terrorist vietcong communist knong Khmer Long Beach Community.......deumbei oy OBAMA bondenh kbarl vea oy vil trorlop tov Hanoi vinh.......ah pourk nis jea monoof pror korp doy krois tnac bomphot.
Srey Mao (T.P)
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