Appeals for more Khmer Rouge trials

And trials are needed here for the Accountability of today's crimes, today's meaning especially over the last decade!!

UN chief appeals for more Khmer Rouge trials

October 31, 2010 - U.N. Secretary–General Ban Ki–moon made an emotional appeal Thursday for Cambodia to send a message to the world that the Khmer Rouge's crimes against humanity will not go unpunished.

Ban's comments came after a tour of the Khmer Rouge's main prison and torture center during a visit to Cambodia that was marked by heated words from the country's leader and a crackdown on protesters, who were beaten by riot police, a rights group said.

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday ordered Ban to shut down the U.N. human rights office in Cambodia and remove the current envoy.

Hun Sen also told Ban that Cambodia will not allow the U.N.–backed Khmer Rouge tribunal to expand the scope of its trials to include former low–ranking officers of the regime. {read rest}