Thailand and Vietnam urged to cooperate with Khmer Rouge tribunal

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Stuart White

Outgoing international co-investigating judge Mark Harmon yesterday called on the governments of Vietnam and Thailand to cooperate with the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s requests for documents pertaining to controversial Cases 003 and 004.

In a statement, Harmon – who recently tendered his resignation – said that in 2013, he issued three letters requesting the documents to Vietnam, and two to Thailand, but that “these efforts have proved futile”.

“Both governments have failed to produce relevant documents that could assist with the investigations and have not allowed investigators . . . access to specifically identified archives that contain relevant documents,” the statement reads.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-vn-balk-krt-requests

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What are both countries trying to hide ?

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Thailand, Vietnam uncooperative in Khmer Rouge probe, judge says

PHNOM PENH:-- A top judge at a U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia on Monday criticized Thailand and Vietnam for refusing to provide evidence in the trials of Khmer Rouge leaders accused of atrocities during the 1970s "killing fields" era.

Mark Harmon, an international judge in the hybrid U.N.-Cambodian court, said he had written numerous letters to the governments of Thailand and Vietnam since 2013 asking for access to evidence that could "determine the truth", but neither country had responded.

The tribunal has delivered verdicts against only three former Khmer Rouge since it was set up almost a decade ago and it has been fraught with problems, from funding shortages to allegations of political interference to limit the scope of investigations.

"Both governments have failed to produce relevant documents that could assist with the investigations," Harmon said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/20/us-cambodia-rouge-idUSKCN0PU0QS20150720