Hundreds of Cambodian victims marched to Khmer Rouge Tribunal for Justice

"The march is to promote peace and justice in Cambodia", said Brak Bora, a Cambodian Buddhist monk who joint the march.

Justice means we want the Khmer Rouge leaders to confess their mistakes and find out those who committed the crimes, the monk added.

Reach Sambath, a spokesman of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, said that this was the biggest march to the Khmer Rouge tribunal.

"The presence of the monks, nuns, and the students gives more significance to the Khmer Rouge tribunal to work on their request", he added.

We are happy and welcome them as they represented the victims of the Kampuchea Democratic.

Ahmed Aness, a co-prosecutor of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, told the marchers that even though the crimes ended almost 30 years ago, the Khmer Rouge leaders could not destroy the evidence and they would be held responsible for the crimes.

The march was jointly organized by the Documentation Center of Cambodia and the 

Association of Nuns and Laywomen of Cambodia to  promote peace and national reconciliation.

The Association of Nuns and Laywomen of Cambodia was represented  by 500 nuns from 14 provinces. Also attending were monks, Cham  Muslim religious leaders (toun, mei toun and hakem) and hundreds of  local high school students.

The Documentation Center of Cambodia said in its statement that the objective of the march is to give members of the religious community and students an opportunity to participate in the Khmer  Rouge Tribunal and raise public awareness on the upcoming trials of  senior Khmer Rouge officials.

The march aims at promoting peace and national reconciliation, reducing violence, and strengthening the solidarity of the Cambodian people during the long and difficult 

process of achieving genocide justice.