Original report from Phnom Penh
24 February 2009
Senior officials of the UN and Cambodia agreed Monday to establish a basic system to fight corruption within the Khmer Rouge tribunal.
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen and Cambodian Council Minister Sok An met for the second time Monday, as the tribunal heads toward a landmark trial for jailed prison chief Kaing Kek Iev, but under the shadow of corruption allegations.
Corruption and mismanagement allegations caused some donors last year to freeze funding to the tribunal and led to a suit filed in national courts by defense attorneys for jailed regime leader Nuon Chea, who said a corrupt tribunal could not provide a fair trial.
The two sides will set up “parallel national and international mechanisms to receive complaints and suggestions,” according to a joint statement issued after a lengthy meeting between the two men.
Complaints from the Cambodian side of the courts will be registered with the national “mechanism,” while international staff will issue complaints to the UN side. The complaints will be forwarded to a “joint session,” which will recommend actions.
“I think this is a significant agreement,” Taksoe-Jensen told reporters, in a joint press conference with Sok An. “I hope that it will be noted by the donor countries as well, and I hope that can have a positive impact on their willingness to come forward with new funds.”
Sok An called it a “very good agreement and very good understanding about the issue of strengthening the administration.”
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen and Cambodian Council Minister Sok An met for the second time Monday, as the tribunal heads toward a landmark trial for jailed prison chief Kaing Kek Iev, but under the shadow of corruption allegations.
Corruption and mismanagement allegations caused some donors last year to freeze funding to the tribunal and led to a suit filed in national courts by defense attorneys for jailed regime leader Nuon Chea, who said a corrupt tribunal could not provide a fair trial.
The two sides will set up “parallel national and international mechanisms to receive complaints and suggestions,” according to a joint statement issued after a lengthy meeting between the two men.
Complaints from the Cambodian side of the courts will be registered with the national “mechanism,” while international staff will issue complaints to the UN side. The complaints will be forwarded to a “joint session,” which will recommend actions.
“I think this is a significant agreement,” Taksoe-Jensen told reporters, in a joint press conference with Sok An. “I hope that it will be noted by the donor countries as well, and I hope that can have a positive impact on their willingness to come forward with new funds.”
Sok An called it a “very good agreement and very good understanding about the issue of strengthening the administration.”
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If you voted for CPP (Cambodian People's Party):
Also known as:
Communist People's Party
Khmer Rouge People's Party
Khmer Krorhorm People's Party
You're support the killing of 1.7 million Khmer peoples.
You're support the killing of innocent men, women and children in Cambodia on March 30, 1997.
You're support murder of Piseth Pilika.
You're support assassination of journalists in Cambodia.
You're support political assassination and killing.
You're support attemted assassination and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
You're support corruption in Cambodia.
You're support Hun Sen Regime burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.
These are the Trade Mark of Hun Sen Regime.
Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are Khmer Rouge commanders.
When is the ECCC going to bring these three criminals to U.N. Khmer Rouge Trail?
Khmer Rouge Regime is a genocide organization.
Hun Sen Regime is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Bodyguards is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Death Squad is a terrorist organization.
Cambodian People's Party is a terrorist organization.
I have declare the current Cambodian government which is lead by the Cambodian People's Party as a terrorist organization.
Whoever associate with the current Cambodian government are associate with a terrorist organization.
Tribunal to see what?
Ah motherfucker (Hen Soy) is on drug again, I say.
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