Mr. Richard Rogers.
A group of international lawyers commissioned by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party to investigate alleged human rights abuses on the part of the government has finished its inquiry and is preparing a brief to the International Criminal Court, the party and the lead lawyer said yesterday.
According to CNRP public affairs head Mu Sochua and international lawyer Richard Rogers (pictured), who led the investigation, the team collected evidence on such potential crimes as forced evictions and state-sanctioned violence carried out by the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen since 2002, and expects to make its filing to the ICC next month.
“They said that they have enough evidence,” Sochua said yesterday, adding that the investigation was free from party influence. “We did not tell them to do anything – it was up to them.”
In an email yesterday, Rogers expressed optimism that the evidence gathered over the course of a preliminary investigation and a six-day visit to Cambodia was sufficient to justify a charge of crimes against humanity.
“The strongest evidence relates to the land-grabbing and forcible evictions, which have led to over half a million people being forcibly transferred,” Rogers said. “Indigenous groups have suffered disproportionately.”
“The evidence suggests that this forcible transfer was widespread, systematic, and formed part of an organised policy,” he added. “Additional crimes . . . including murder, torture, false imprisonment and persecution – provide further support to our allegation.”
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan, however, said the government was unconcerned by the potential ICC case, saying that the investigation lacked legitimacy because Rogers and his colleagues are not members of the Bar Association of the Kingdom Cambodia.
6 comments:
Shut up ah lop Phai siphom (eatfart) you didn't know anything about bar Association;Only bar al lop Phai siphom knows is behind bar!...So shut up!!!!
I hope all the lawyer have a success in ICC because i have heard from Hun Sen side said no one can touch Dek Jo Hun Sen. They said ICC can do nothing to Hun Sen. Pleae prove it.
It's only an attempt to negotiate for Senate President position for sam rainsy. Everything will drop including election reform when Sam rainsy gets to be the President of the Senate.
This time SAM RAINSY can't drop LAWSUIT. If SAM RAINSY , do it , he will also be sentenced in ICC.
To the posters at 20 March 2014 2:37 pm, 20 March 2014 4:36 pm and 20 March 2014 8:18 pm:
The ways you posted the comments have proven that under your illegal CPP (Pro Yuon/Vietcong) protection, all of you are worried about what you are going lose are properties that you stole from the voiceless and helpless innocent Cambodian (Khmer) folks who are the owners, even your illegal businesses under CPP made you some $$$, and other illegal activities like land grabbing, evicting Cambodian people from their land or farmer land.
Yes, you want your criminal Hun Sen to stay power so that you can benefit from his CPP regime by stealing more, cutting forests, and having more illegal contracts and criminal minds
To 1:07 am,
I am not 2:37 PM, but I think you miss understood him.
He hope that all the international lawyers will be successful in their case against Hun Sen since he is an untouchable gangster.
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