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Cambodian premier expects resistance to trial
KOMPONG SPEU, Cambodia (AP) — Pol Pot’s for
mer allies may never let him leave Cambodia’s jungle
alive, fearing what the Khmer Rouge leader may re
veal about their roles in his genocidal rule, one of
Cambodia’s co-premiers said Monday.
Many inside and outside Cambodia fear being impli
cated if a U.S.-led effort to bring Pol Pot before an interna
tional tribunal succeeds, Prince Norodom Ranariddh said.
The prince named no one. However, he clearly was
alluding to his co-premier, Hun Sen, a Khmer Rouge
cadre until 1977, and to China and Thailand — Pol Pot’s
allies in a guerrilla war he waged against the Vietnam-
installed regime that toppled him in 1979.
“It appears to me that some Cambodians and maybe
some countries are not really willing to see Pol Pot alive
and brought to justice,” the prince told reporters near
Kompong Speu, 30 miles south of Phnom Penh.
“Pol Pot will say, ‘Those people were involved,’ or, ‘Those
countries were supporting me for years,”’ he said.
Pol Pot was in the custody of mutinous guerrillas, ac
cording to Gen. Nhek Bunchhay, the government’s chief
negotiator with the Khmer Rouge.
Nhek Bunchhay has denied rumors Pol Pot is
dead, saying he saw the 69-year-old guerrilla leader,
weak and ailing, at the Khmer Rouge’s northern jun
gle stronghold in Anlong Veng.
However, it was unclear when — or if — Pol Pot
would be handed over to face trial for the Marxist-in
spired policies that led to the deaths of as many as 2
million Cambodians during his 1975-79 rule.
The rival prime ministers in the ruling coali
tion, Ranariddh and Hun Sen, have petitioned the
United Nations to create an international tribunal.
But that requires approval from the U.N. Security
Council where China, formerly a Khmer Rouge
ally, has veto power.
Canada, meanwhile, is considering a U.S. request
to take a lead role in bringing Pol Pot to justice. Ca
nadian law allows for prosecution of crimes against
humanity that occur outside Canada’s borders.
However, three similar prosecutions — cases against
alleged Nazi war criminals — all failed.
Extradition to Canada also could be a way to get Pol
Pot out of Cambodia en route to a U.N. war crimes tri
bunal. However, Canadian law does not provide for ex
tradition to an international body. So, once in Canada,
it could be difficult and time-consuming to find a way
to turn him over to U.N. authorities.
“There do seem to be some legal obstacles that
would have to be overcome,” Jennifer Ledwidge, a
spokesperson for the Foreign Affairs Department told
the Canadian Press in Ottowa. “We’re not certain that
Canada can play a major role here.”
Ranariddh also called Monday for a royal pardon for
Khieu Samphan, who led about 1,000 guerrillas in a
mutiny against Pol Pot after he executed an old com
rade, Son Sen.
Khieu Samphan has pledged to back an electoral al
liance led by Ranariddh.
^ ^ There do seem to be some
legal obstacles that would have to
be
overcome.
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Jennifer Ledwidge
Spokesperson for the
Foreign Affairs Department
The proposal was certain to be opposed by Ra
nariddh’s co-premier, Hun Sen. King Norodom Si
hanouk, Ranariddh’s father, has said he will not pardon
Khmer Rouge leaders unless both premiers agree.
Last year, the king pardoned leng Sary, Pol Pot’s one
time defense minister and brother-in-law, in exchange
for leading the defections of 10,000 guerrillas.
The defections were the beginning of the end for the
Khmer Rouge. Anlong Veng is believed to betheiili
stronghold.
“leng Sary was granted an amnesty, so whyn
Khieu Samphan?” Ranariddh asked Monday. “Het
catch Pol Pot.”
Deciding the future of Khieu Samphan andotl
Khmer Rouge leaders holding Pol Pot — especially
guerrilla commander Ta Mok, known as "The Butchi
for his brutality — are likely to be key in deten
when Pol Pot will be turned over.
Hun Sen, a Khmer Rouge cadre until he quit in 19ilg
has been an object of Khmer Rouge hatred since hero
to lead the regime that Vietnam installed after 1979.
Both Ranariddh and Hun Sen have courteddi
fecting Khmer Rouge guerrillas over the pastyei
Their military skills and influence over territorynl 01
under nominal government control could provedt ani
cisive in elections next year.
Ranariddh’s royalists were part of a resistance coal
tion dominated by the Khmer Rouge in the 1980$thi iUl
fought against the Vietnamese military occupationaa
Hun Sen’s government.
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battlefield enmity. They have shared power since; lf,r
U.N.-supervised election in 1993. The prince’sroyaliil K
won the most votes but were forced into acoalitionaf
ter Hun Sen threatened renewed civil war.
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