ABC Radio Australia
International donors have been withholding payments to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal because of concerns about corruption.
Helen Jarvis, an Australian working on the Cambodian side of the joint Cambodian-U.N. tribunal, says 250 Cambodia staff have not been paid since June, threatening the future of the long-awaited court, which is running over time and budget.
The United Nations Development Programme which has been managing donor funding for the trial, says it decided to freeze payments last week following a renewed series of allegations of kickbacks involving local staff.
The tribunal has just indicted a former prison chief for crimes against humanity and war crimes, ahead of the first trial of regime leaders expected later this year.
Kaing Guek Eav, also known as "Duch", is the first suspect to be indicted by the tribunal. He allegedly oversaw the torture and extermination of 16,000 men, women and children at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh.
Helen Jarvis, an Australian working on the Cambodian side of the joint Cambodian-U.N. tribunal, says 250 Cambodia staff have not been paid since June, threatening the future of the long-awaited court, which is running over time and budget.
The United Nations Development Programme which has been managing donor funding for the trial, says it decided to freeze payments last week following a renewed series of allegations of kickbacks involving local staff.
The tribunal has just indicted a former prison chief for crimes against humanity and war crimes, ahead of the first trial of regime leaders expected later this year.
Kaing Guek Eav, also known as "Duch", is the first suspect to be indicted by the tribunal. He allegedly oversaw the torture and extermination of 16,000 men, women and children at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh.
