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Tuesday 17 January 2012

Cambodia claims final say over appointment of tribunal judge


Monsters and critics
Jan 16, 2012,

Phnom Penh (DPA)- The Cambodian government said Monday that the country's judiciary has the right to decline to appoint a United Nations-nominated judge to the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal.

The controversial claim was made by a government spokesman and followed unconfirmed reports that judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet (pictured) was not endorsed as the court's new international co-investigating judge at a key government meeting on Friday.

The Swiss national was set to replace German judge Siegfried Blunk, who quit the position in October citing political interference in two cases currently under investigation.

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