PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- A failure by donors to pay up on financial pledges has pushed the Khmer Rouge tribunal perilously close to the brink of bankruptcy and overshadowed a sensational start to the historic trial of Pol Pot's surviving lieutenants. Court spokeswoman Helen Jarvis initially told World Politics Review that the tribunal could not make March payroll. This was followed by a hastily arranged press conference where international judges warned earlier this week that corruption remained a key obstacle. "The problems mentioned concerning funding can be resolved once the international community is confident of a corruption-free environment in which to hold the trials," trial chamber Judge Silvia Cartwright said.
Funding Crisis Overshadows Khmer Rouge Tribunal
