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David J. Schefer, an U.S. Professor of Law of Northwestern University, right, and Cambodian genocide victim Theary Seng, front left, walk through a gate at the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall, file photo.
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
Seng Theary, a Cambodian-American lawyer whose family members were killed by the Khmer Rouge, had one word for the UN-backed tribunal when she withdrew her case from the court on Tuesday: “Enough.”
David J. Schefer, an U.S. Professor of Law of Northwestern University, right, and Cambodian genocide victim Theary Seng, front left, walk through a gate at the U.N.-backed tribunal court hall, file photo.
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
Seng Theary, a Cambodian-American lawyer whose family members were killed by the Khmer Rouge, had one word for the UN-backed tribunal when she withdrew her case from the court on Tuesday: “Enough.”
Seng Theary, who is the president of the Association of Khmer Rouge Victims, representing more than 3,800 complainants at the court, submitted her withdrawal because she felt the court “cannot provide justice to victims,” she told reporters later. She called the court “a farce.”
Seng Theary had been a civil party complainant in cases 003 and 004, which have come under intense scrutiny for alleged political interference and mishandling by investigating judges.
2 comments:
Theary, I don't understand why you gave up. Did somebody pay you? I hear what you saying the the UN but you cannot convince me that you sincerely gave up because of the pressure. You can lie to the world but you cannot lie to yourself. You just lost a big fan.
Theary,thanks for your sensible and helpful decision. I lost all my family member to the KR.As much as I wanted Justice to be served I know full well that it was just a symbolical gesture of the world try to console and alleviate my lost. The dragging on of the court would bring me nothing but more pains and sorrows. For now I know that at least the world do care a bit about Cambodian Victims.
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