Phnom Penh, 12 January 2012
PRESS STATEMENT
The
Office of the Council of Ministers wishes to provide information
regarding the appointment of a new international Co-Investigating Judge
at the ECCC, in view of a number of media reports implying that Royal
Government of Cambodia has been obstructing or delaying this process.
In
fact between October and December 2011 there were a whole series of
written and oral communications between the United Nations and the
Cambodian government on this matter, including technical discussions
between legal teams on both sides.
The
matter is now in the hands of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy
(SCM), which is now independently carrying its normal procedures and
legal considerations before a decision would be made.