By Sopheng Cheang (CP)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia's prime minister, a frequent critic of the U.N.-backed trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders, said Wednesday his government recognizes the tribunal's independence and respects the guilty verdict in its first case.
Hun Sen was giving his first public reaction since the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer was convicted and sentenced last Monday to serve 19 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Also found guilty of torture and murder, Kaing Guek Eav — also known as Duch — was originally sentenced to 35 years, but 11 were shaved off for time served and another five to compensate for illegal detention in a military prison.
The sentence has been criticized in Cambodia as insufficient in relation to the magnitude of Duch's crimes.
"Regarding the verdict on Duch, I fully respect it," Hun Sen said Wednesday. "The government has no right to interfere or put any pressure on the court."
Hun Sen once served as a Khmer Rouge officer. Critics have accused Hun Sen of trying to limit the tribunal's scope to prevent his political allies from being indicted. Many of his main allies are also former members of the Khmer Rouge.
The tribunal is seeking justice for the estimated 1.7 million people who died from execution, overwork, disease and malnutrition as a result of the radical policies of the 1975-79 communist Khmer Rouge regime.
Hun Sen has in the past expressed considerable irritation with the tribunal, especially when it has suggested it may indict more defendants beyond the Khmer Rouge's top leadership. He has suggested that such action could lead to civil war, and has come close to threatening to close down the tribunal and proceed under Cambodian law, without foreign lawyers and judges. They work jointly with Cambodian jurists.
"Whatever the verdict handed out by the court, that is its task," said Hun Sen.
Even Hun Sen's foreign minister, Hor Namhong, last week said he thought the sentence was "too little" considering the number of people killed and tortured.
Duch commanded S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, where up to 16,000 people accused of opposing the Khmer Rouge were tortured and taken away to be killed.
Four more defendants are in custody and expected to be tried starting early next year: Nuon Chea, the group's ideologist; Khieu Samphan, its former head of state; Ieng Sary, its foreign minister, and his wife Ieng Thirith, who was minister for social affairs.
Hun Sen was giving his first public reaction since the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer was convicted and sentenced last Monday to serve 19 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Also found guilty of torture and murder, Kaing Guek Eav — also known as Duch — was originally sentenced to 35 years, but 11 were shaved off for time served and another five to compensate for illegal detention in a military prison.
The sentence has been criticized in Cambodia as insufficient in relation to the magnitude of Duch's crimes.
"Regarding the verdict on Duch, I fully respect it," Hun Sen said Wednesday. "The government has no right to interfere or put any pressure on the court."
Hun Sen once served as a Khmer Rouge officer. Critics have accused Hun Sen of trying to limit the tribunal's scope to prevent his political allies from being indicted. Many of his main allies are also former members of the Khmer Rouge.
The tribunal is seeking justice for the estimated 1.7 million people who died from execution, overwork, disease and malnutrition as a result of the radical policies of the 1975-79 communist Khmer Rouge regime.
Hun Sen has in the past expressed considerable irritation with the tribunal, especially when it has suggested it may indict more defendants beyond the Khmer Rouge's top leadership. He has suggested that such action could lead to civil war, and has come close to threatening to close down the tribunal and proceed under Cambodian law, without foreign lawyers and judges. They work jointly with Cambodian jurists.
"Whatever the verdict handed out by the court, that is its task," said Hun Sen.
Even Hun Sen's foreign minister, Hor Namhong, last week said he thought the sentence was "too little" considering the number of people killed and tortured.
Duch commanded S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, where up to 16,000 people accused of opposing the Khmer Rouge were tortured and taken away to be killed.
Four more defendants are in custody and expected to be tried starting early next year: Nuon Chea, the group's ideologist; Khieu Samphan, its former head of state; Ieng Sary, its foreign minister, and his wife Ieng Thirith, who was minister for social affairs.
Dictator Hun Xen have to go to the court!!Ah Kvang was also Khmer Rouge and the big murder in this regime!!!!
ReplyDeletemaybe cambodia still did not get used to the concept of having a gov't spokesperson to talk with media. looks to me like he carries on the political tradition of leader talk and share their opinion directly with the media, etc... no wonder people misunderstand and kept calling him dictator. wake up! use a spokesperson to speak on behalf of gov't, etc..., ok! this saves cambodia a lot of headache from crtitics' attack, etc, really!
ReplyDeleteSince SenVarman has an uncountable Ph.Ds, he academically and scholarly invents the logical science of language, therefore the lowest education as myself is not virtuously comprehensible!
ReplyDeleteDemocratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
ReplyDeletePol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka
Hun Sen...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
"As of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered 10 Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonate bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Vietnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
Who killed 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples?
ReplyDeletea) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) Hun Sen...
p) all of above
Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia
On October 7, 2009 Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor Namhong, Keat Chhon, Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka has been summoned by the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC).
Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is the current Khmer Rouge Regime's leader?
ReplyDeletea) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) Hun Sen
Fact:
Pol Pot is a Khmer Rouge leader of the Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Regime.
Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge commander of the Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Regime and now, a Khmer Rouge leader of the Cambodian People's Party Khmer Rouge Regime.
On October 7, 2009 Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor Namhong, Keat Chhon, Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka has been summoned by the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC).
Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32?
ReplyDeletea) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) Hun Sen
Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia
Fact:
During the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime;
There are 196 prisons.
There are 196 prison chiefs.
There are 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples killed by the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka
Hun Sen...
Kaing Guek Eav is a prison chief of Toul Sleng prison S21.
Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia
The UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) must indict 195 other prison chiefs.
"I will not allow the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders, I rather let the court (KRT ECCC) fail. Indict more Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders will lead the country into a civil war."
Samak Mith Hun Sen
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leader
Samak Mith Hun Sen will not allow the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders who is responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.
Samak Mith Hun Sen threaten to turn Cambodia back into the Killing Fields all over again.
War with whom?
War with innocent Khmer peoples without weapon?
Once a Khmer Rouge, always a Khmer Rouge.
A good Khmer Rouge(s) is a dead Khmer Rouge(s)
Khmer Rouge(s) continue to kill innocent Khmer peoples.
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
"(Samak Mith) Duch (Kaing Guek Eav) 19 years sentence is too short and doesn't fit his crimes."
Samak Mith Yaem (Hor Namhong)
Prison Chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32
Hor Namhong want the whole world to know that he is not a Khmer Rouge and a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32.
Hor Namhong is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32.
Source:
Phnom Penh Post
Hor Namhong said to the French judge that he is not a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32, in fact members of his family was killed by Khmer Rouge(s).
Hor Namhong can lies all he want, at the end, he got summoned and will get indict, prosecute, convict and sentence.
Criminals likes to lies.
The place where criminals lies the most is inside the court room in front of the judge(s).
On October 7, 2009 Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor Namhong, Keat Chhon, Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka has been summoned by the UN backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC).
Really? If hun sen welcomes the verdict for Duch he should also show up at the KR tribunal to testify. But since he's a coward all he could do is show his lips service.
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