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Article: Khmer Rouge trial bogged down.
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 18, 2005
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The path to bringing the Khmer Rouge perpetrators of the genocide to justice has been rocky from the start. Distrust of Cambodia's national judiciary, which is perceived as corrupt, led to calls for an international tribunal, but that idea was scuttled in the U.N. Security Council by China, which had supported the Khmer Rouge. The compromise was a national trial with international observers.
The delays, however, have been endless. The Cambodian government initially said it would put up $11.5 million of the $56 million needed to bring the top Khmer Rouge leaders and those responsible for the worst of the atrocities to trial. Officials later reneged, saying the ...