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By Milton Osborne
The Interpreter
Hard on the heels of fresh evidence of disputes about the judicial reach of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia), has come the news of the death of Ieng Sary (pictured), the former foreign minister of the Democratic Kampuchean regime, or Pol Pol's government. He was 87.
Like Pol Pot, Ieng Sary adopted his lifelong commitment to his vision of communism while a student in France in the 1950s, where he was a founder of the Cercle Marxiste that drew together many of the later prominent figures in the Khmer Rouge regime. He was also a member of the French Communist Party while living in Paris.
An alternate member of the Communist Party of Kampuchea's Standing Committee from 1960, he was the public international face of the Khmer Rouge regime while it held power. He later defected to Hun Sen in 1996, but the amnesty granted to him at this stage was overridden for him to be brought before the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
His death is not unexpected as he had been in poor health for years, and it underlines the widely held fear that he, along with his fellow accused before the tribunal, will die of old age and sickness before verdicts are handed down against them.
Meanwhile, the efforts of international judges serving in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to bring at least two further cases before it are being opposed both by the determination of Prime Minister Hun Sen to prevent this happening and a lack of cooperation between Cambodian and international judges.
A recently appointed American judge, Mark Harmon, is seeking to overcome the opposition to new cases being opened, despite Cambodian opposition. As detailed by the Voice of America, those Judge Harmon is seeking to bring with the tribunal's purview are alleged to have sent victims to the notorious extermination centre known as S-21 or Tuol Sleng. The men involved, both former Khmer Rouge generals, are currently advisers to the Cambodian Ministry of Defence.
Given Hun Sen's iron grip on power it is difficult to see his wishes contradicted. But Judge Harmon and others will at least make clear that there is an issue that deserves the international community's attention.
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You know where hell is now ah Ieng Sary, Go!!!
ឯងរាល់គ្នាត្រូវដឹងថាគឺអាខ្វាក់នេះហើយដែលឱ្យអាតុលាការកូនកាត់នេះប្រើរយៈពេលឱ្យយូរដើម្បីជាល្បែងនិងដើម្បីលុយចិញ្ចឹមពួកវា បោកប្រាស់សហប្រជាជាតិដែលល្ងីល្ងើបំផ្លាញលុយពិភពលោក ឯអាខ្វាក់ចេះតែបន្តសម្លាប់មនុស្សមិនឈប់ឈរ។ តើអាណានឹងទទួលខុសត្រូវរឿងសម្លាប់រង្គាលនេះបើអាសហប្រជាជាតិក៏ពុករលួយជាមួយអាខ្វាក់ដែរនោះ???????
Hun is the one behind this failed court system. Why did Hun try to cover up such crimes against humanity? mainly, because Hun himself is a criminal, and would not want Earng Sary say a thing about the KR regime, e.g if Sary says, 'well I was there and so was Hun', then, this will get Hun into trouble too. e.g if Sary is on trial, hun should also be on trial too, isn't it right?...Therefore, Hun had to do what he did, meaning, making a deal between or among them in order to cover up their crimes against humanity.
In order words, they all are murderers! they have blood in their hands and so, they would not allow the court system to go ahead with their trials. Now, everyone in the right mind would see this clearly. Even the UN knew this as well, but do they care? the answer is 'no'!, why? because no nation would want you to be better than theirs. They would rather see us khmer continuing to go down than to go up. why? because this is the real world, otherwise there is no WWI, WWII and WWIII about to take place at any moment now.
Today, there are stock piles of nuclear bombs ready to go off at any moment and at any time right now. So, it is time to wake up and look at a bigger picture, How are we going to solve the problem of 'khmers kill khmers' for other to benefit from? the answer to this question is conformity, no one wants to solve this problem for us, so we have to learn to solve it ourself, right? so to do this is to call upon all political leaders to discuss on what is important in the development of our nation?
If khmers don't love khmers, no one in the world will, simple as that!. So please, let try to learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones to ever happen again. We need to reconcile and apologie for all the mistakes we made in the past and let move on forward. We must help each other for the benefit of our nation as, together we can stand up tall and look up high. Please try to learn from other successful nations and asking why they are and not us? because they have used the collaboration skills well.
e, g, Yenluck and Abisit, they had conflicts but soon after, they made up for it. Doing so is to show to the world that they are a strong nation and so can we. Therefore, both PM and SR need to talk and apologie to one another for the benefit of our nation. Otherwise, we can not move forward. It is time to show to the outside world that we are also a strong nation too. Please don't let the outsiders get the benefit of our conflicts no more and say 'enough is enough'. Now both Hun and Sam have done alot of good works but lack of collaboration, that is all.
I have been saying this all along. The court system in Cambodia is want to make more "money" only and it does not care justice.
The lawyers, Judges, and prosecutions wanted to drag the cases so long so they make more money and benefit. They purposely wait until the evil person died.
3 millions death in unmarked graves and the bones in the Toul Sleng Museum, how much more evidences do you need? dummies.
The foreingers lawyers and judges are as quilty as the Cambodian counter partners.
Shames on all of you
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