60 businessmen protest annulment of fishing lot licenses

30 November 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Fish and seafood / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Food processing / Industries / Investment / Manufacturing / Rivers and lakes / Small and medium enterprises SME / Water resources
annulment / bidding / Corruption / Fisheries Administration / fishing lots / licences / Prime Minister Hun Sen / river / Water resources

About 60 businessmen from Kompong Cham province protested at the Agriculture Ministry yesterday over Prime Minister Hun Sen’s decision to cancel their bids to operate fishing lots. Mr Hun Sen on Friday annulled the results of an October bidding process for companies interested in operating fishing lots after it was discovered that government officials had fixed the process to ensure that certain companies won the lucrative lots…