Showing posts with label Hun Sen's control of the court system. Show all posts
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Without corruption law, no court can be called corrupt

Monday, 09 February 2009
By Naranhkiri Tith
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post


Dear Editor,

In a recent article in your newspaper, titled "Corruption probe to continue, but joint sessions inconclusive", in the February 4 edition of The Phnom Penh Post, the question of corruption in the ECCC was raised by the international community.

How can anybody be accused of corruption when there is no corruption law in Cambodia? Also, it is well known that the Cambodian judicial system is completely politicised and controlled by Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party.

So, how can the international community talk about corruption without looking into the Cambodian judicial and legal systems, which are totally politicised and controlled by Hun Sen. For this writer, this accusation of corruption in the ECCC is at least puzzling, if not totally illogical.

More precisely, how could anybody be accused of corruption when there is no anti-corruption law in Cambodia?

Naranhkiri Tith
Washington, DC