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Suth Dina expected to appear in court today

The parents of Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea, Suth Dina, yesterday made a public appeal to Prime Minister Hun Sen, as their son, who is accused of corruption, prepared to spend his third night in custody ahead of a likely court appearance this morning.   ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/suth-dina-expected-appear-court-today

South Korea envoy defended as graft probe continues

A relative of Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea, who was detained on Monday amid a corruption probe, yesterday claimed the envoy was innocent, as the Anti-Corruption Unit reportedly prepared to send the case to court.   ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-envoy-defended-graft-probe-continues

Foreign affairs bureau chief charged with embezzlement

A Foreign Affairs Ministry official arrested by anti-corruption authorities last week for taking bribes to process documents for a foreign company has been charged with embezzlement and sent to prison to await trial, officials said on Monday.   ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/foreign-affairs-bureau-chief-charged-with-embezzlement-110867/

Justice minister denies shares in shadowy offshore firm

Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana had a stake in a shadowy offshore company in the British Virgin Islands, according to data made public on Sunday in what is being called the largest leak of secret documents in history. ...

Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/justice-minister-denies-shares-in-offshore-firm-110852/

Ambassador to South Korea grilled over corruption

Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea was summoned to appear before the Anti-Corruption Unit on Monday morning for questioning over allegations of corruption, and was expected to be arrested later in the day, the unit’s chief said.   ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambassador-to-south-korea-grilled-over-corruption-110855/

Scammers pretend to be senior officials, threaten governors

The Ministry of Interior has ordered National Police to investigate a scam in which unidentified callers claimed to be senior officials at the ministry and the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in an attempt to extort money from district governors, according to a letter issued on April ...

Chhorn Chansy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/scammers-pretend-to-be-senior-officials-threaten-governors-110794/

After attempted scam, ministry seeks secretary’s imposter

Police have started a countrywide manhunt after an anonymous caller attempted to extort money from district governors in Kampong Chhnang and Battambang while posing as Interior Ministry secretary of state Sak Sehta last month. On March 4 and then again on March 12, an anonymous caller ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23532/after-attempted-scam--ministry-seeks-secretary---s-imposter/

Lack of transparency hinders budget progress

On Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced a new phase of the Public Financial Management Reform Program, a donor-assisted initiative established in 2004 to bolster the country’s ability to soundly manage its budget. In a speech at the launch event, he touted the government’s progress ...

Tej Parikh and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lack-of-transparency-hinders-budget-progress-110437/

New job for principal accused of embezzlement

A high school director in Prey Veng province accused of embezzling thousands of dollars was transferred to a new position with the provincial government on Wednesday following a protest by students and teachers. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/110400-110400/

Anti-graft body opens investigation into Sokha

The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Thursday announced it was launching an official investigation into allegations that deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha made unlawful land and apartment purchases for a mistress. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-graft-body-opens-investigation-into-sokha-110386/

Cop denies graft claim after ACU clears him

In the wake of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) clearing him of any wrongdoing, a Phnom Penh commune police chief yesterday refuted allegations that he had accepted protection pay-offs from neighbourhood drug dealers. ...

Niem Chheng and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cop-denies-graft-claim-after-acu-clears-him

ACU 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. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-poised-to-investigate-sokha-sex-scandal-110276/

ASX chief steps down amid probe into payment

The chief executive of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) resigned his post on Monday in the wake of an investigation into a possible $200,000 bribe paid by a gaming firm he previously headed to a consultancy with connections to a sister of Prime Minister Hun ...

Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/asx-chief-steps-down-amid-probe-into-payment-110230/

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. ...

Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-gaming-company-probed-for-cambodia-payment-109949/

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. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22539/shift-to-tech-curbs-corruption--pm/

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. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/telecom-cambodia-director-fired-amid-embezzlement-probe-108795/

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. ...

Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21680/ngo-to-draft-graft-busting-strategy-for-politicians9/

Water supply authority director shoots back at corruption charges

The General Director of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) yesterday denied a slew of corruption allegations published by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), including one that he hired 500 employees after they paid $3,000 apiece for a job. The PPWSA – once a beacon ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21429//

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. ...

Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/another-korean-ministry-says-it-didnt-help-envoy

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. ...

Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bribery-knowledge-power-says-paper

Law needed to protect informants

Transperancy International Cambodia yesterday called on the authorities to fulfill their commitment to the introduction of a whistleblower law, saying it would be key in protecting those who otherwise might not call out corruption. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/law-needed-protect-informants

Corruption keeping economy ‘mostly unfree’

Cambodia’s “Economic Free­dom”—a broad measure of how well individuals and businesses can create and protect their wealth —was classed as “mostly unfree” in a new report released by the Washington-based Heritage Foun­dation, which identified corruption and bureaucracy as impediments to free markets. ...

Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/corruption-keeping-economy-mostly-unfree-107266/

More firms sign on to anti-corruption pact

Cambodia’s national corruption watchdog has added two more firms to its list of private sector companies committed to stamping out corruption, a government news source said yesterday. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-firms-sign-anti-corruption-pact

Banh has back of commander

An anonymous complaint against a deputy regional military commander filed to the Anti-Corruption Unit, which included allegations of skimming from soldiers’ salaries, has been dismissed by Defence Minister Tea Banh as untrue following a Ministry of Defence investigation. ...

Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banh-has-back-commander

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