Monday, March 30, 2009
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Hun Sen’s government rejected the call made by various NGOs for the government to turn 30 March – the date of the start of Duch’s trial – into a national holiday. In a communiqué issued by the office of the government spokesman dated 27 March, the government rejected to turn 30 March, the starting date of the KR Tribunal trials, into a national holiday. The government indicated that 30 March can never be considered as the first day for providing justice to the victims of the genocidal KR regime, because it already sentenced these top KR leaders once already in 1979. Therefore, the hearing of Duch’s trial is not the first trial as the majority of people would consider now.
