Monday, December 17, 2012

Nuon Chea lawyer tossed from courtroom

Accused Nuon Chea co-counsel Andrew Ianuzzi walks outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court in 2011. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post

14 December 2012
By Stuart White and Joe Freeman
The Phnom Penh Post

In a development that raised few eyebrows among long-time court observers, the Khmer Rouge tribunal Trial Chamber accused Nuon Chea co-counsel Andrew Ianuzzi of contempt of court yesterday, expelling him from the courtroom for the afternoon’s proceedings.

Ianuzzi – who is frequently on the receiving end of pointed admonishments from the bench – was pursuing a line of questioning pertaining to the regime’s K5 Plan to create a heavily mined border between Cambodia and Thailand, when his microphone was cut. In the past, Ianuzzi has tried to raise the plan in court, saying Prime Minister Hun Sen may bear responsibility for the resulting deaths.

His microphone restored, Ianuzzi began paraphrasing the 1964 film Seven Days in May, which features a soft-ball US Senate hearing, likening the “staged” court proceedings to a bad operetta.

Trial Chamber President Nil Nonn responded by saying it was “obvious that the lawyer is intending to obstruct the proceedings”, and ultimately ordered security to escort Ianuzzi out.


“In my own boorish way, I’m only suggesting that if the Trial Chamber judges continue to work from a script with cues and stage direction, these proceedings take on all of the dignity of a very bad Gilbert and Sullivan,” Ianuzzi said in an interview after the hearing.

He also offered a number of theories on why he had been expelled yesterday, as opposed to the numerous other times he’d been chastised by the bench.

“I think they’re sick and tired of me talking about the major problems with the trial,” Ianuzzi said. “Or maybe they’re just really annoyed by me.”

According to Open Society Justice Initiative tribunal monitor Clair Duffy, Ianuzzi’s relationship with the Trial Chamber had “definitely worsened over the course of this year”, but it was still unclear whether there would be more disciplinary action to come.

“It doesn’t seem that they’ve permanently refused him right of audience, but that’s not entirely clear from the oral exchanges,” Duffy said via email. “It seems akin to a teacher telling a kid to stand in the corner for the day, rather than expelling him from the school.”

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

សំនួរទាំងឡាយណា ដែលមិនប៉ះពាល់ដល់រដ្ឋាភិបាលអាចសួរបាន ទាក់ទងនឹងក៥ក្តីយួនក្តីគឺគ្មានចម្លើយ ហើយក៏មិនអាចសួរបាន។អ្នកស្លាប់នៅតែរកយុត្តិធម៍មិនបានដដែល។

Anonymous said...

Cpp has a lot to hide. CPP kills more than K.Rouge.Khmer Rouge kill by mistake but Cpp kill on purpose
to satisfy viet boss. Nil Non is one of the Cpp tools under Hun sen direction. K5 is one of the cpp's killing tactic. Saying about K6, means you are endangered , thank to foreigner-not viet- who care about Khmer.

Anonymous said...

Nil Noun is a stinky youn puppet judge. He does not know who he is. K5 is a sensitive and critical issue. His blood pressure is going up high when it comes to this point. His youn boss will kick him out from the job if he did not prevent or stop from raising the issue. Noun Chea co lawyer was brave to bring the K5 up.

Anonymous said...

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វីលោកនួន ជាចេញពីបន្តប់សាវនាការទៀត,ឥឡូវ
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លោកសហចៅក្រមខ្មែរគិតដូចម្តេច?។ តើអាចរក
យុត្តិធម៌ជូនខ្មែរបានទេ? បើចៅក្រមខ្មែរធ្វើការខ្វះ
ការវិនិច្ឆ័យ(ធ្វើតាមអំពើចិត្ត)។ ភស្តាងមានដូចជា
នៅចុងឆ្នាំ២០១១ក្នុងសាវនាការបឋម៤ថ្ងៃ លោក
និល នន់ហាមដល់អ្នកបកប្រែភាសាមិនឲ្យបកប្រែ
មិនឲ្យយល់សេចក្តីនយ័សំខាន់ជូនទៅជូនបរទេស
បានដឹងសេចក្តីហេតុការពិត,តាំងពីពេលនោះមក
លោកធ្វើការកាត់ក្តីរំលង អំពីការពិតនៃឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម
សង្គ្រាម។ ហើយសព្វថ្ងៃក៏ចង់ក្រឡះនិងមានចេត
នាបំភ្លេចសំណុំរឿងឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មនេះចោលផងដែរ។
ខ្ញុំទុកថ្ងៃទី១៣ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ២០១២នេះជាសំណាងល្អ
ហើយដែលលោកAdrew Ianuzziមានសុវត្តិ ភាព។ ខ្ញុំជាជនរងគ្រោះ ម្នាក់ក្នុងចំណោយអ្នករង
គ្រោះទូទៅមិនអាចបោះបង់រឿងសំខាន់នេះបានទេ
ខ្ញុំនិងគាស់កកាយចំពោះសហគមន៍ជាតិ និងអន្តរៈ
ជាតិឲ្យធ្វើការនេះដើម្បីរកយុត្តិធម៌ទាល់តែឃើញ៕

Anonymous said...

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ទាល់តែប៉ុណ្ណឹង បានគេយកក្បាលទៅប្រើ។
តាំងពីកើតមកអាយុជាង៧០ ខ្ញុំមិនដែលឃើញ មនុស្សណាឈ្លើយលើសវាជាអានិលណុននោះ
នៅឡើយទេ!