Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal staff strike over unpaid wages

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian staff at a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal went on strike on Monday, an official said, as a funding crisis deepened at a court already bogged down by resignations, political interference and the frail health of its elderly defendants.

Some 250 Cambodians have not been paid since June at the U.N.-backed court, caught up in a standoff between donors and a government criticized for its lack of support for hearings into one of the darkest chapters of the 20th century.