The United Nations auditors found no conclusive proof that the Cambodian staff members at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) had to kick back part of their salaries in exchange for their jobs, local media said on Thursday.
"After a preliminary assessment, the auditors determined that they are not responsible for further investigating those claims," said bi-lingual newspaper the Cambodian Daily.
A preliminary assessment had yielded no conclusive evidence to substantiate the claims that the Cambodian staff members had to pay some 30 percent of their wages to government officials in exchange for their positions and no further action by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was required, the paper quoted a letter from the auditors as saying.
The kickback allegations surface earlier this year. UNDP started probe later as some Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) put pressure on it to clarify the truth.
UNDP oversees the 6.4 million U.S. dollars of tribunal, which was co-installed by UN and the Cambodian government to put the former leaders of the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) on trial. Currently, two of them have been detained and received their charges.
Source: Xinhua
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