Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
After the former monarch, King Norodom Sihanouk, issued a declaration to invite Khmer Rouge Tribunal official to come over to the Royal Palace to discuss, for 3-hour (at most), Nguon Nhel, a high-ranking CPP official and first vice-president of the National Assembly, said that nobody can reject a meeting with King-Father, and no one has the the right to summon him to provide clarification at the (KR) tribunal either. Nguon Nhel told The Cambodia Daily that: “This is the decision of the former monarch. This is inviolable.” Nguon Nhel added that King-Father would do well to clarify to the national and international community the depth of his suffering under the KR regime. Nguon Nhel said the clarification he would provide to the ECCC judges, would allow these judges to bolster the progress of this tribunal, and would clear all lingering doubts about him. Prince Thomico also said that nobody can force King-Father to provide clarifications. The prince said that after this clarification, King-Father no longer needs to testify at the ECCC anymore.
