The Phnom Penh Post
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May 03
2009
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A new CNN documentary includes footage of anonymous Khmer Rouge tribunal staffers explaining the "kickback" system at the court. KI Media has the report uploaded on its website.
Staffers claim that tribunal administration head Sean Visoth, who has been on sick leave since November, collected up to $40,000 a month in kickbacks.
It will be interesting to see what kind of affect this high-profile international media exposure will have on the court. Today's Cambodia Daily reports that the Cambodian government still denies any evidence of wrongdoing at the ECCC. The fact that CNN only used anonymous sources (with faces and voices disguised) will certainly lessen whatever impact the report has.
Khmer old riddle said "no apparent smoke without fire" and the West suggests,grape vine news holds true rather than the printed. In ECCC alleged graft it seems not farfetch from reality.I don't doubt the whistle blower integrity and courage.He puts his life on the line to speak truth.If the UN let bygone be bygone and the injustice reign, I say too bad for millions of emptied skull.
Sap
on May 08, 2009
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