Finance Minister Lauds Boeng Kak’s Tax Bill
The Finance Ministry has sent a letter to well-known businesswoman Choeung Sopheap thanking her for paying her taxes on the highly controversial filling in of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake, and holding her firm up as an example of corporate professionalism. Though Shukaku Inc., which is run by Ms. Sopheap and her husband, CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin, has been subjected to years of criticism and protests for its role in the forcible eviction of some 3,000 families from around the now filled-in lake, Finance Minister Keat Chhon said the firm was a good partner with the government in reducing poverty and developing the country. … The minister made no mention in his letter of how much Shukaku paid in taxes for filling in the lake, and Finance Ministry officials declined to comment. …
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