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| Ieng Sary appears before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on 22 November 2011 |
UN News Centre
14 March 2013 – The trial chamber of the United Nations-backed court in Cambodia that is trying those accused of genocide and crimes against humanity today terminated the proceedings against former foreign minister Ieng Sary, who died this morning after being hospitalized since 4 March.
Mr. Sary, was arrested in November 2007, and was on trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), a mixed court set up under a 2003 agreement signed by the UN and the Government, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Khmer Rouge regime in the late 1970s.
He had been hospitalized several times since being detained by the Court, and an assessment of his fitness to stand trial by local and international medical experts was scheduled for later this month, according to a statement by the Court.
“The death of the accused Ieng Sary has the effect of terminating all criminal and civil actions against the accused Ieng Sary before the ECCC,” the Trial Chamber stated in itsdecision.
Mr. Sary, former so-called Brother Number Two Nuon Chea, was on trial along with his wife, Ieng Thirith, who formerly served as Social Affairs Minister for the Democratic Kampuchea – as Cambodia was known during the Khmer Rouge regime’s leadership of the country – as well as former head of State Khieu Samphan.
Last September, the Court found Ms. Thirith unfit to stand trial owing to medical reasons and granted her a provisional release. Expert psychiatrists who examined diagnosed her with clinical dementia, most likely Alzheimer’s, which would hinder her participation in court hearings.
Nearly two million people are thought to have died during the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979.
In the wake of the passing of Mr. Sary, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, today urged the ECCC, the Cambodian Government, international donors and the UN to expedite the Khmer Rouge trials.
“I call upon all actors, including the international community at large, to renew the commitment to support the ECCC to complete its work with full independence,” he stressed. “We owe it to the surviving victims of the Khmer Rouge, the families of the victims, and the whole of Cambodian society that continues to suffer from the impact of the Khmer Rouge to this day.”
1 comment:
This reminds me when Pol Pot died and was cremated by the trashed tyres.
Ieng sary had been a coward all along the other brothers number 1,2,3...
Only Duch who had a courage to confess that he was just taken orders!!!!
Recently the supreme brother "Sihanouk" received a lavish funeral given by the CPP in order to manipulate Khmer people with its wicked political strategy.
The former King and Ieng Sary's funerals are the salt to rub over all Khmers' wounds in addition to the agony of watching the ECCC's performance for the past 7 years with the wicked and tricky agenda.
There will be no closure for Khmer victims and no justice for the Cambodian genocide.
Cambodia and its people have been the instrumental and political play field for communist and capitalist to exchange and experiment their strength and ideology, because we do not have the competent leader and many uneducated people. In addition our people are very vulnerable and susceptible to all tricks and manipulation from internal and international politics.
We live under the mercy of the BIG BROTHERS, the powers 7 just like many poor countries in Africa and Arabic. They are looking for countries and people like these to exploit and bring benefit back to their homelands and feeding their people.
Until Khmer leaders and people can understand these politics and predicaments, then we can survive to continue our existence in this cruel and wicked world. Therefore everyone of us "KHMER" have to be mindful and sustainable with the past and recent history to be able to stride along with the stringent agendas.
My motto to achieve the above reason is to stay on patience and persistent thus remembering that "It is very difficult but it is not impossible".
Yeay Tep
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