The Anti-Corruption Unit closed its investigation into a Kampong Chhnang ex-governor whose vast tracts of protected flooded-forest land were confiscated amid a crackdown on illegal encroachment.
The Anti-Corruption Unit is looking into a complaint by an environmental group alleging irregularities in the privatization of forest land at Phnom Tamao in Takeo province.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has temporarily suspended a provincial police official for an unpublicized offense, after the officer was flagged for investigation and then cleared by the Anti-Corruption Unit last year.
The Anti-Corruption Unit has demanded a provincial foreign labor inspector to explain why he allegedly accepted $20,000 in fines from a Sihanoukville casino when the venue appeared to owe less than half that amount, according to a letter seen by VOD on Tuesday.
A government advisory body has urged the Anti-Corruption Unit to more effectively combat corruption in the judicial system.
Members of watchdog groups were left puzzled by the governmental Anti-Corruption Unit’s conclusions that a general’s public gifts of $100,000 checks to each of his
Property tycoon Sok Bun and five local officials in Preah Sihanouk province were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit and charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for allegedly encroaching on state land, a court prosecutor said.
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