U.N.S.C. split on Khmer Rouge trial: Hun Sen

TOKYO, Japan - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, in Tokyo to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on June 8. He said four of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are divided over the planned trial of former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of at least 1.7 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979.

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