No compromises on trial: Cambodia

No compromises on trial: Cambodia

PHNOM PENH (AFP): The Cambodian government moved on Monday to
dismiss speculation it was considering softening its hardline
stance of establishing a Khmer Rouge trial in a bid to secure
United Nations support.

Senior officials said a closed-door meeting of Prime Minister
Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) -- the dominant
coalition government party -- was instead focussed on party
strategy ahead of crucial forthcoming local election.

Cabinet chief Sok An said the meeting did briefly touch on the
trial issue, which has for months been deadlocked over competing
efforts by the UN and Cambodian government to maintain overall
charge of proceedings in a proposed "killing fields" trial.