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DATE=5/18/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-249523
TITLE=CAMBODIA/KHMER ROUGE ( L-ONLY)  CQ
BYLINE=JOE COCHRANE
DATELINE=PHNOM PENH
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  CAMBODIA WILL ALLOW A U-N LEGAL TEAM TO REVIEW ITS PLANS 
FOR A JOINT TRIBUNAL FOR MEMBERS OF THE KHMER ROUGE KILLING 
FIELDS REGIME.  AS JOE COCHRANE REPORTS FROM PHNOM PENH, THE 
AGREEMENT IS SEEN AS A BREAKTHROUGH THAT WILL ALLOW THE UNITED 
NATIONS TO HELP STAGE INTERNATIONALLY-ACCEPTABLE TRIALS UNDER 
CAMBODIAN LAW.
TEXT:  CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN AND VISITING U-N ENVOY 
THOMAS HAMMARBERG WORKED OUT THE AGREEMENT DURING A NEARLY 
THREE-HOUR MEETING (TUESDAY).
UNDER THE DEAL, A U-N TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO CAMBODIA NEXT  MONTH TO
REVIEW LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS FOREIGN JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS TO 
HELP TRY TWO CAPTURED KHMER ROUGE LEADERS IN A DOMESTIC MILITARY 
COURT.
A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER, OM YENTIENG, SAYS THE U-N
TEAM WILL ARRIVE IN CAMBODIA NEXT MONTH.
            //OM ACT. IN KHMER: ESTABLISH FADE-DOWN//
HE SAYS THE TEAM IS TO ARRIVE IN JUNE AND NEEDS UP TO TWO-MONTHS 
TO EXAMINE THE LEGISLATION.  HE SAYS THE PROPOSED LAW CAN BE 
AMENDED AFTER THE U-N REVIEW, AND WILL THEN BE FORWARDED TO 
PARLIAMENT FOR PASSAGE.
DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAY THE U-N TEAM WILL INCLUDE SOME OF THE 
WORLD'S FOREMOST EXPERTS ON GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
THE MAOIST-INSPIRED KHMER ROUGE IS BLAMED FOR THE DEATHS OF AS 
MANY AS TWO-MILLION CAMBODIANS BETWEEN 1975 AND 1979.
THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AND UNITED NATIONS HAD BEEN AT ODDS FOR 
WEEKS ON THE KHMER ROUGE ISSUE, WITH PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN 
REJECTING CALLS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL ABROAD.
U-N ENVOY HAMMARBERG MOVED TO SALVAGE INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
IN THE TRIALS BY OFFERING TO HAVE THE WORLD BODY WORK UNDER 
CAMBODIAN LAW, IF THE PROCESS MET STRICT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
WESTERN DIPLOMATS SAY THE AGREEMENT IS A STEP FORWARD IN  
ENSURING THE TRIALS ARE FAIR WHILE RESPECTING CAMBODIAN 
SOVEREIGNTY.
ARRESTED KHMER ROUGE MILITARY LEADER TA MOK, AND SECURITY 
SERVICES CHIEF KAING KEK IEU, ALIAS DUCH, HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH 
TREASON.  THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE LATER CHARGED WITH MORE HEINOUS
CRIMES UNDER AN INTERNATIONAL GENOCIDE CONVENTION FROM THE 
1950'S.  (SIGNED)
NEB/JC/LTD/RAE
18-May-99 12:20 PM EDT (1620 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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