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Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Cambodia Khmer Rouge trial judges argue in public

The court supposed to be used by the UN-backed tribunal has been hit by recent delays

9 January 2012
BBC.co.uk

The court supposed to be used by the UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia The court supposed to be used by the UN-backed tribunal has been hit by recent delays

Two judges at a war crimes court in Cambodia have argued publicly about opening investigations into people suspected of crimes against humanity under the Khmer Rouge regime.

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It is the latest row between judicial officials at the UN-backed court.

The BBC's Guy Delauney in Phnom Penh says that their quarrelling was all the more extraordinary because it was openly conducted in public.

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