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Cambodian PM questions Khmer Rouge tribunal action
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 08 - 10 - 2009


Cambodian Prime Minister Hun
Sen said Thursday he doubts whether summoning six of his
colleagues to testify at the country's Khmer Rouge genocide
tribunal will help the cause of justice, AP reported.
The U.N.-assisted tribunal announced Wednesday that it was
calling the country's current foreign minister, finance
minister, national assembly president, senate president and
two other senators to testify before the tribunal's
investigating judge.
All are top members of Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party
but also exercised some authority when the communist Khmer
Rouge held power in 1975-79. Hun Sen himself once served as
a Khmer Rouge officer and many of his main allies are
former members of the group.
The tribunal is seeking justice for the estimated 1.7
million people who died in Cambodia from execution,
overwork, disease and malnutrition as a result of the
group's radical policies.
Hun Sen has repeatedly expressed his sharp dissatisfaction
with any efforts by the tribunal to expand its scope and
possibly include his political allies.
The prime minister questioned the court's decision
Thursday, saying his colleagues had already proven they
were interested in seeing justice done.
«They (the court) know that these people helped to topple
the regime of (late Khmer Rouge leader) Pol Pot from power,
and moreover, adopted the law to try the Khmer Rouge
leaders as well,» Hun Sen said.
He appeared to question why his colleagues would be called
as witnesses at the request of the defense, saying their
testimony would only increase their punishment.
«Therefore how will justice be done?» he said.
The tribunal is currently trying its first defendant,
Kaing Guek Eav _ also known as Duch _ who commanded S-21
prison in Phnom Penh, where up to 16,000 people were
tortured and then taken away to be killed. He is charged
with crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder and
torture.
Also charged are 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.


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