Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tribunal Prosecutor To Fight Retraction Order


International prosecutor Andrew Cayley, (2010 file photo). Photo: AP
Monday, 23 May 2011
Kong Sothanarith
VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“We do not accept the Office of Co-Investigating Judges’ interpretation of the law in the order.”

The international prosecutor at the Khmer Rouge tribunal says he will file an appeal this week against an order from court judges that he retract parts of a recent public statement about a controversial upcoming case.

The prosecutor, Andrew Cayley, said Monday the interpretation of court rules by investigating judges, who censured him last week, was unacceptable.

The judges, Siegfried Blunk and You Bunleang, issued a court order last week ordering Cayley to retract portions of a statement he issued earlier this month, in which he called on the judges to renew an investigation into tribunal Case 003.

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