Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“We have worked quickly and efficiently.” (sic!)
The past year was “very important” for the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal, a court spokesman said last week, in which the court took crucial steps toward a trial of jailed regime leaders.
Sok Khemara hosts 'Hello VOA' 26 December, 2011
The trial of Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary for atrocity crimes, including genocide, is now under way.
The final Supreme Court sentencing is expected for the completed trial of Kaing Kek Iev, the Tuol Sleng prison commandant better known as Duch.
A fourth suspect, Ieng Thirith has been found mentally unfit to stand trial, though she remains in detention.
Speaking as a guest on “Hello VOA,” court spokesman Huy Vannak looked back on a year of the court’s work as it prepared for a major trial of three leaders.
“We have worked quickly and efficiently,” he said, but he conceded that time and financial constraints still loom for the UN-backed court.
Over the year, nearly 110,000 people sat in on court proceedings to observe the trial process, Huy Vannak said. Public participation and national reconciliation are key mandates for the hybrid court.
Meanwhile, the tribuanl is still plagued with the looming question of cases 003 and 004, which are before the office of investigating judges.
Senior government officials object to both cases, and the Cambodian government has failed to approve an international replacement for the former UN investigating judge, who resigned earlier this year amid widespread worries of government interference in the court’s work.
4 comments:
This ECCC not only Hanoi ECCC but alos US ECCC in Cambodia.
Hoy Vannak is a liar and all is say is a load of crab:
“We have worked quickly and efficiently.” this is a load of crab.
The correct one is :
We have delayed this ECCC again and again and we have shut the mouth of Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan up again and again, well done job from CPP Team like Chea Leang , Nil Nonn and many more including Hoy Vannak.
The question is who and how many is khmer kraharm ?
Was it just khmer, or khmer and vietcong behind also ?
Khmer Rouge has always opposed the tribunal. So those who against the ECCC are Khmer Rouge.
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