Hun Sen gives interview to Kyodo News

Hun Sen gives interview to Kyodo News

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen gives an exclusive interview to Kyodo News on Aug. 17 at his residence on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. He categorically rejected a U.N. proposal for foreign judges to outnumber Cambodian judges in any joint tribunal with the United Nations to try Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity.

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