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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Plagued by long delays and corruption allegations, the special court prosecuting Cambodia’s former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide is running short of money months before its first trial is set to start.
The court, which was set up by the United Nations and Cambodia’s government two years ago, needs another $43.8 million to continue operating through 2009, administrators said Tuesday in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital.
The tribunal is holding five former Khmer Rouge officials on charges including murder and crimes against humanity stemming from the deaths of at least 1.7 million people during the Communist regime’s reign of terror from 1975-79.
