Courts set up to punish horrific war crimes won’t pay staff until April
January 30, 2012
Patrick Winn
Global Post
It’s bad enough that the trial against Cambodia’s former Khmer Rouge cabal has been delayed so long that many of its aggressors — and victims — are now senile.
Now it appears that the special courts aren’t paying Cambodian staff. According to the Phnom Penh Post, some employees won’t be paid until April.
The courts, set up to prosecute the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, are scraping by with unpaid help.
According to the AP, this doesn’t apply to international staff paid by the United Nations. But about 300 employees paid by Cambodia — some of which haven’t been paid since October
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