A photo released by today by Cambodia's war crimes tribunal of investigating judge Siegfried Blunk (AFP, Eccc)
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — A German judge tasked with probing new Khmer Rouge cases at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal on Monday announced he was resigning in the face of government interference.
Siegfried Blunk (pictured) said he was stepping down because of government objections to further prosecutions linked to the 1975-79 regime that effectively made his position untenable.
In a statement he described "repeated statements which will be perceived as attempted interference by government officials".
Blunk, the tribunal's international co-investigating judge, has faced mounting criticism from observers and victims accusing him of bowing to political pressure to drop two new cases against five ex-Khmer Rouge members.
His departure is another setback for the court, which was set up after years of negotiations between the United Nations and the Cambodian government to bring some justice for the deaths of nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population.
But its work has been hampered by disputes.
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — A German judge tasked with probing new Khmer Rouge cases at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal on Monday announced he was resigning in the face of government interference.
Siegfried Blunk (pictured) said he was stepping down because of government objections to further prosecutions linked to the 1975-79 regime that effectively made his position untenable.
In a statement he described "repeated statements which will be perceived as attempted interference by government officials".
Blunk, the tribunal's international co-investigating judge, has faced mounting criticism from observers and victims accusing him of bowing to political pressure to drop two new cases against five ex-Khmer Rouge members.
His departure is another setback for the court, which was set up after years of negotiations between the United Nations and the Cambodian government to bring some justice for the deaths of nearly a quarter of Cambodia's population.
But its work has been hampered by disputes.
1 comment:
here we go the excuse to not trial case number 2. this case will postpone until they all dead. they keep bringing other cases to create stall tactic. these judge got paid millions. they dont really care, they just put on a show.
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