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Article: Cambodia Tribunal to Be Finalized
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KER MUNTHIT, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
08-08-2001
Cambodia Tribunal to Be Finalized
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia's long-awaited legislation to establish a genocide tribunal for former Khmer Rouge leaders is expected to be signed into law by King Norodom Sihanouk next week, a senior government official said Wednesday.
The legislation, approved by the Constitutional Council on Tuesday, establishes the framework for a U.N.-assisted tribunal to try surviving Khmer Rouge leaders, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people during the late 1970s.
Minister of Cabinet Sok An, who is in charge of the committee that drafted the law, said copies would then be sent for review to Hans ...