January 19-February 1, 2001 The Phnom Penh Post "... Hor Namhong was the Director...he made his wife director of women [prisoners] and his son chief of youth [prisoners] . Hor Namhong criticized people [at the daily criticism/self-criticism sessions], but we could also criticize him. I once criticized him for making his wife chief of women and his son chief of youth" - Mrs. Keo Bunthouk, Former Funcinpec Senator On Jan 15, the Cambodian Senate approved the Khmer Rouge tribunal law, passing it on to the Constitutional Council for final consideration prior to a formal passage of the law by King Norodom Sihanouk. In stark contrast to the passive assent given the law in the National Assembly, the two days of Senate consideration provoked thoughtful and often emotional debate of the law and its implications. The Senate debate's most moving and controversial moments came when septuagenarian Funcinpec Senator Keo Bunthouk, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge's Boeng Trabek "re-education camp", reiterated Foreign Minister Hor Namhong's involvement in the camp's administration . Phelim Kyne and Vong Sokheng spoke to Senator Bunthouk about life and death in Boeng Trabek. In early 1976, Keo Bunthouk followed her husband, Paris-based Cambodian UNESCO delegate Ieng Kounsaky, in answering the invitation of leaders of the Khmer Rouge's Democratic Kampuchea to return to Cambodia to assist in the country's rebuilding. Instead, Bunthouk, her ...
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