Ang Eng Thong Quotes
A … trial in Cambodia cannot be completely impartial, because there is too much corruption.
Ang Eng Thong, President, Cambodian Bar Association, Comment on the possibility of trying Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes against humanity, Quoted in New York Times, May 14, 1999
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