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| Siegfried Blunk |
Monday, October 10, 2011
AFP
PHNOM PENH — A German judge tasked with probing new Khmer Rouge cases at Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes tribunal on Monday announced his resignation, blaming government interference.
Co-investigating judge Siegfried Blunk had recently attracted strong criticism from observers and victims who accused him of failing to fully probe two new cases strongly opposed by the Cambodian government.
In a surprise move, Blunk said he was stepping down over “repeated statements which will be perceived as attempted interference by government officials” objecting to further prosecutions linked to the 1975-79 regime.
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