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Activists call for transparency at Buddhist Institute

The activist Independent Monk Network has called on the Ministry of Cult and Religion to release paperwork proving that an agreement it struck with NagaCorp to help construct an electricity substation at Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute does not involve the selling of any of the ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-call-transparency-buddhist-institute

Official in court over fraud case

A high-level agricultural official in Kampong Speu province has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from paddy rice farmers after promising to deliver them land titles in January 2013, a rights group representative and a court prosecutor said yesterday. Cher Pich, 44, deputy director of ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-court-over-fraud-case

Kompong Cham officials accused of extortion

The Anti-Corruption Unit revealed Monday that the director of Kompong Cham provincial Treasury Department Kol Thearin and officials under her are being investigated for allegedly embezzling money from local development projects and extorting bribes from developers, according to a statement from the ACU. ACU chairman Om ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kompong-cham-officials-accused-of-extortion-61063/

Corruption not rampant: Hun Many

Hun Many, the youngest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen and an elected lawmaker in Kampong Speu province, has defended his party against allegations of nepotism, corruption and election irregularities in a foreign TV interview. In a wide-ranging Channel News Asia interview that aired on Friday, ...

Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/corruption-not-rampant-hun-many

Accused deny duping villagers out of Social Land Concession

A village chief and security guard in Kompong Chhnang province have denied allegations that they duped villagers out of a 270-hectare social land concession, the Anti-Corruption Unit said Wednesday. The pair also denied clearing a separate 600 hectares of forestland in the province to sell to ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/accused-deny-duping-villagers-out-of-social-land-concession-60506/

Official denies allegations of embezzlement

The former director of the Preah Vihear provincial financial department has denied allegations that he embezzled an estimated $72,045 over the course of 2013, according to his defense posted on the Anti-Corruption Unit website Thursday. Meas Rathavuth, who was ordered into retirement on March 1, said ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-denies-allegations-of-embezzlement-60591/

Veterans’ pay missing

A new payment system for retired soldiers in Oddar Meanchey province has resulted in late payments for nearly 50 retirees. Government officials recently opened Acleda Bank accounts for retired soldiers, who used to pick up pension payments at the provincial social affairs department, said Mok Vanvuthy, ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/veterans%E2%80%99-pay-missing

Villagers vow to defy fresh ban on marches

More than 1,500 villagers plan to march to the Anti-Corruption Unit and National Assembly in Phnom Penh on Thursday in defiance of a fresh ban issued by City Hall prohibiting them from doing so. The villagers form a group known as the Land Communities for Peace ...

Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-vow-to-defy-fresh-ban-on-marches-59966/

5,000 civil servants declare assets, debts in 2014

The Anti-Corruption Unit said that 5,179 civil servants have already declared their assets and debt for two-year period. The assets and debt declaration has been made since early 2014. 141 officials declared assets and debt in May. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NWU1NzY5NzI4ZDk

Education ministry urged to investigate corruption in Oddor Meanchey school

The Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) called on Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to investigate Tropang Brasat’s education officials who was accused of corruption. In a letter today to Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron, CITA said it received anonymous letters from teachers in Tropang Brasat ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZmMyODk2ZTNlODl

Hun Sen attends dinner, presentation in China

Accompanied by his wife, Bun Rany, Prime Minister Hun Sen continued his trip to China on Tuesday evening by attending a dinner reception hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to state news agency Agence Kampuchea Press. Mr. Hun Sen and his delegation of high-level officials ...

Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-attends-dinner-presentation-in-china-59355/

Transparency group to launch anti-graft app

Transparency International Cambodia (T.I.) will next week launch an app for smartphones that allows users to log instances of bribery with the advocacy group. Bribespot, the work of a team of German computer programmers, will encourage users to share details of corrupt activity in real time, ...

Matt Blomberg and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/transparency-group-to-launch-anti-graft-app-59242/

Officials accused of embezzling teachers’ salaries

A teachers’ union has accused education officials in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district of stealing 21 million riel, or about $5,200, that had been slated as overtime payments for primary school teachers. In a letter sent to the Education Ministry on Monday, the Cambodia Independent ...

Ben Sokhean and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-accused-of-embezzling-teachers-salaries-58676/

Ministry seeks to limit cheating during exams

It is exam time in Cambodian schools. But the Ministry of Education warned on Thursday that this year it is working hard to rein in rampant cheating that plagues testing in the country’s schools. ...

Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ministry-seeks-to-limit-cheating-during-exams/1910571.html

Two hackers who allegedly targeted Gov’t site charged

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged two more alleged members of the hacking group Anonymous Cambodia on Monday, as other members of Anonymous claimed to hack at least four government websites, including that of the National Police. The two men, Keo Sipheng, 26, and Hok Ratana, ...

Eang Mengleng and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-hackers-who-allegedly-targeted-govt-site-charged-58149/

ACU arrests two members of hacking group

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said that it arrested and sent to two members of hacking group Anonymous Cambodia to Phnom Penh Municipal Court for questioning. “The ACU sent the two hackers on Sunday to the court for questioning,” said Om Yingtieng, the ACU president. Yingtieng, however, hasn’t ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MTg5NTZhYzdjNGF

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