Cambodian Tribunal Staff Unpaid for July

By Mean Veasna, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh07 August 2008Click here to listen to the Khmer audio programThe UNDP is withholding $300,000 in pay from 250 Cambodian staff of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, UN and tribunal officials said Tuesday.Funding for the month of July was initially suspended "pending a spending plan from the Cambodian side," the spokeswoman, Aimee Brown, said in an e-mail Thursday. "Following this, new allegations of kickbacks arose. UNDP is reviewing the implications with its donors so we can collectively agree how to move forward following the allegations."Tribunal spokeswoman Helen Jarvis confirmed Thursday $300,000 in salaries had not been paid to the Cambodian staff of the tribunal courts.Cambodian staff filed complaints in June over corruption, and a UN oversight committee in New York is now... [read full story]