Tribunal Prosecutor Allays Cham Concerns

Cambodian Muslims view photographs of former top leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime at Tuol Sleng. (Photo: AP)

Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
Preah Sihanoukville province
Wednesday, 12 May 2010

White-haired and toothless, Leb Sarem was riding his bicycle from his home to pray at a nearby mosque in Preah Sihanouk province. Along the way, he stopped at a neighbor’s housing compound where last month he and other residents here in the village of Prek Torl met with an international prosecutor from the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal.

The visit, from UN prosecutor Andrew Cayley, set his mind at ease, Leb Sarem told VOA Khmer at the compound last week.

“Before he came here, I felt very tense,” the 67-year-old Muslim said. “But now I feel more relieved, because I hope that he will find justice for me by taking the Khmer Rouge leaders to trial sooner.”

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