Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunals delayed
11-OCT-2008 Intellasia | radioaustralia.net
Oct 11, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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| A Cambodian looks at skulls on diplay at the Choeung Ek memorial in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal said that the long-awaited first trial of Khmer Rouge cadres would be delayed until next year because of legal hold-ups.
(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy) |
Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal has announced trials will be delayed until next year.
It says the delay is due to appeals and other necessary legal procedures.
The court says it recognises that it can be frustrating for the millions who have been waiting for decades to see justice done.
However the statement says successfully conducting trials of this significance is a complex process and each step of the process must be followed carefully and conducted in line with the highest standards of justice
Five senior Khmer Rouge leaders, mostly aged in their 70s and 80s, remain in detention awaiting trial for their alleged roles in carrying out the genocidal policies of Pol Pot between 1975 and 1979.
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