Call for No Cambodian Funding

It was noted here yesterday that the Opposition members of the Cambodian Parliament called on ordinary citizens to each contibute a US$1 to fund the Khmer Rouge trials.

Today analysts are dismayed at the counter-claim of Prime Minister Hun Sen when telling people not to bother.

"I think Cambodians should keep that money to support themselves rather than giving it for the court to try the Khmer Rouge," Hun Sen told reporters.

"Or they could spend the money to buy food and make offerings to the spirits of their parents who were brutally killed by Pol Pot's group. That is better," he said.

Meanwhile there is a report today that ex-Khmer Rouge leader, Nuon Chea, staged an illness earlier this week to avoid media attention during Monday's visit by Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni to Pailin.

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