Wednesday, January 16, 2008

ECCC townhall meeting in Pailin

A Cambodian Khmer Rouge court officer, left, provides some booklets to villagers for a town meeting in Pailin, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in northwestern Cambodia Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. Officials from Cambodia's genocide tribunal held a town hall-style meeting Wednesday in the Khmer Rouge's former heartland to persuade residents to help with the trials and to dispel fears among neighbors of the regime's ex-rulers. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian Khmer Rouge court officer, right, provides some booklets to Buddhist monks in Pailin, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in northwestern Cambodia Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. Officials from Cambodia's genocide tribunal held a town hall-style meeting Wednesday in the Khmer Rouge's former heartland to persuade residents to help with the trials and to dispel fears among neighbors of the regime's ex-rulers. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
People read the Khmer Rouge tribunal book given out during a public meeting with the co-investigating judges of the "Killing Fields" tribunal in the Kong Kang temple in the former Khmer Rouge strong hold northwest of Pailin, January 16, 2008. French and Cambodian judges of the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal met former Khmer Rouge fighters in one of Pol Pot's final strongholds to allay their fears about the long-awaited trials. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Marcel Lemonde, a U.N.-appointed judge speaks at a meeting with villagers in Pailin, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in northwestern Cambodia Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. Officials from Cambodia's genocide tribunal held a town hall-style meeting Wednesday in the Khmer Rouge's former heartland to persuade residents to help with the trials and to dispel fears among neighbors of the regime's ex-rulers. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Marcel Lemonde, a U.N.-appointed judge sits during a meeting with villagers in Pailin, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in northwestern Cambodia Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. Officials from Cambodia's genocide tribunal held a town hall-style meeting Wednesday in the Khmer Rouge's former heartland to persuade residents to help with the trials and to dispel fears among neighbors of the regime's ex-rulers. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
People watch a Khmer Rouge tribunal education video during a public meeting with the co-investigating judges of the "Killing Fields" tribunal in the Kong Kang temple in the former Khmer Rouge strong hold northwest of Pailin, January 16, 2008. . French and Cambodian judges of the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal met former Khmer Rouge fighters in one of Pol Pot's final strongholds to allay their fears about the long-awaited trials. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People watch a Khmer Rouge tribunal education video during a public meeting with the co-investigating judges of the "Killing Fields" tribunal in the Kong Kang temple in the former Khmer Rouge strong hold northwest of Pailin, January 16, 2008. French and Cambodian judges of the U.N.-backed "Killing Fields" tribunal met former Khmer Rouge fighters in one of Pol Pot's final strongholds to allay their fears about the long-awaited trials. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh please! Stop scaring the Khmer people in Pailin unless you want another civil war!

Anonymous said...

Agreed!

They have copious of lethal arsenals beneath the ground.

The question is: When will they begin to dig?