Association President Says Bar Won't Budge
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- Date: 27 Mar 2007 15:04:42 -0700
Association President Says Bar Won't Budge
Veasna Mean
Phnom Penh
27/03/2007
Cambodian Bar Association President Ky Tech said Monday the fee
demands for foreign lawyers must stand, despite calls from foreign
jurists of the Khmer Rouge tribunal to lower them.
Speaking during the opening of a training session for Cambodian
lawyers on war crimes prosecution, Ky Tech told reporters the bar
cannot accept lawyer fees less than $4,900 annually: a $500
registration fee, $2,000 for client representation and a $200 monthly
fee, bar association president Ky Tech told VOA. Client representation
would cost $2,000.
Foreign jurists say the high fees inhibit the rights of the accused,
who will not be able to select proper defense. They have threatened to
boycott a meeting at the end of April if the fees question is not
resolved before then.
Observers say the last chance for a tribunal of former Khmer Rouge
leaders is nigh.
"The Cambodian Bar Association cannot follow the commands of foreign
lawyers," Ky Tech said.
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