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Cambodia Detains Country’s Ambassador to South Korea on Unspecified Corruption Charges
Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit detained the nation’s controversial ambassador to South Korea, Suth Dina, and is preparing to file corruption charges following a probe of his spending, complaints by Foreign Ministry staff and Cambodian migrant workers, the unit’s chief said on Tuesday. While Suth Dina could face a pair of corruption charges, ACU chief Om Yentieng... Read More
Anti-Corruption to Become A Major Political Platform
Transparency International Cambodia launches the “Proposed Anti- Corruption Platform for Political Parties” on 30 March 2016. The proposed Platform has reflected inputs collected through a series of consultative meetings with relevant stakeholders including civil society organisations, development partners/donor community and political parties. During these participatory consultations, discussants exchanged views on crucial laws to combat corruption,... Read More
Anti-corruption Unit Poised to Investigate Sokha Sex Scandal
Cambodia’s anti-corruption body on Tuesday decided it had jurisdiction over corruption allegations against deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha for making lavish promises to a purported mistress in leaked audio recordings. Mr. Sokha has remained silent on the scandal since recordings of alleged conversations between him and a mistress started appearing on Facebook early this month.
Australian Gaming Company Probed for Cambodia Payment
Australian gaming firm Tabcorp on Tuesday confirmed that it was under investigation by Australian police over a possible bribe it paid in 2009 to a Cambodian consultancy connected to a sister of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Shift to Tech Curbs Corruption: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government is now paying almost all civil servants’ salaries and collecting taxes using technology, rather than relying on officials to handle cash, which reduces corruption.
Civil Society Leaders to Declare Assets in Nod to Transparency
Thirty-nine civic leaders and lawmakers, as well as university students, have said they will publicly declare their assets, in a show of transparency and a bid against corruption.
Telecom Cambodia Director Fired Amid Embezzlement Probe
The director-general of state-run phone and Internet operator Telecom Cambodia has been fired amid an investigation into alleged embezzlement within the firm, a spokesman for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications confirmed on Sunday.
NGO to Draft Graft-busting Strategy for Politicians
The director of Transparency International Cambodia on Friday called for all political parties to incorporate anti-corruption measures into their platforms before next year’s commune elections. Speaking at an anti-corruption conference at the five-star Cambodiana Hotel on Friday, director Preap Kol said that TI Cambodia will work with other civil society organisations to write an anti-corruption... Read More
In bribery, knowledge is power, says paper
A Cambodian-American political scientist has proposed a novel way to tackle corruption in the Kingdom: force bribe-taking bureaucrats to compete with each other. In a paper published on Sunday titled Combating Corruption in Cambodia, academic Sophal Ear said crowd-sourcing the going rate for various services would give citizens a reference point when negotiating bribes.
Another Korean ministry says it didn’t help envoy
South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has become the second of that nation’s ministries to deny it is working with Cambodia’s ambassador to the country, Suth Dina, to clamp down on illegal migrants and political dissent. Since he was posted to Seoul in April 2014, Ambassador Dina has repeatedly warned anti-government protesters to stay away from... Read More