Minister Urged to Clarify Khmer Rouge Role

By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
22 March 2010

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has sent an open letter to Foreign Minister Hor Namhong calling for his cooperation in the Khmer Rouge tribunal and to describe his role at a Phnom Penh camp run by the regime.

The March 18 letter questions Hor Namhong’s role in supervising the Boeung Trabek camp in 1978. It asks why he was given the responsibility and trust of the Khmer Rouge at a time when mass killings by the regime were well underway.

The letter was released as a French court prepares to hear Sam Rainsy’s appeal of a defamation case brought by Hor Namhong, on March 25.

It goes on to ask whether Hor Namhong’s “extraordinary zeal” or his “evil” and “sadism” against other prisoners led him to serve the Khmer Rouge.

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