Australian Investor Jailed After Business Dispute

17 January 2013
The Cambodia Daily
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An Australian businessman who once fronted a telecommunications firm in Cambodia has been sent to Prey Sar prison on fraud charges in a case one of his associates said was triggered by a disgruntled partner in a failed business venture. Frank May, 63, the former chief operation officer of the telecommunications firm Emaxx, was arrested and charged on December 8, according to Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigation Judge Phou Povson. “Frank May was charged with forging a document and using a forged document,” he said, without elaboration. …

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