Three Commerce Ministry officials have been accused of corruption by a Banteay Meanchey transport company owner for asking her to pay informal fees to transport goods across the border.
The petition, dated July 12, said Cholkiri district governor Hay Monorom “behaved badly,” acting as if he were a big and powerful person and using inappropriate words against village officials and residents.
A prison officer in Kandal province has been provisionally detained — in the same prison where he works — over allegedly taking a bribe to speed up the release of a prisoner.
A senator accused of land grabbing in Mondulkiri province has written an apology to Prime Minister Hun Sen about his “mistakes in the past,” promising to “learn and practice following Samdech’s wisdom for the rest of my life.”
Justice Minister Keut Rith on Monday said anti-corruption measures were a key part of a plan to reduce the criminal case backlog at the courts, but also said corruption was not the cause of the current case pileup.
Cambodia continues to rank below most of Asia in Transparency International’s global corruption index, dropping one spot to No. 162 worldwide.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Sunday charged Kruy Limheng, Cambodia’s former consul-general to the city of Kunming, China, for alleged corruption, a court spokesman said.
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.
Observers say three new appeal courts will remain as unjust as the current system unless improvements are made to ensure the judiciary’s fairness and independence.
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