By James O'Toole
The Phnom Penh Post
KRT judges’ Case 002 decision based on procedural factors
GENOCIDE charges specific to the Khmer Krom will not be brought by the Khmer Rouge tribunal against the regime leaders awaiting trial, judges have ruled, sparking accusations that the suffering endured by the ethnic minority group has been overlooked by the court.
Co-investigating judges You Bunleng and Marcel Lemonde ruled last week that investigative requests related to the Khmer Krom submitted earlier this month and in December by prosecutors and civil parties fell outside the scope of the court’s investigation in Case 002, as the factual situations and crime sites they mentioned were not included in the prosecution’s July 2007 introductory submission, nor in subsequent supplementary submissions.
“There will be no genocide charges in that respect, as targeting the Khmer Krom as a group itself,” UN court spokesman Lars Olsen said, adding:
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