Kompong Cham officials accused of extortion

11 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Anti-corruption / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Tourism / Provincial and local governments
ACU / Anti-Corruption Unit / Chhay Savuth / Kol Thearin / Kompong Cham Provincial Treasury Department / Mao Socheatra / Ministry of Tourism / Om Yientieng

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 Yientieng wrote to Ms. Thearin on March 14 informing her it had received a complaint in December claiming she and provincial Treasury Department officials were demanding kickbacks from project developers, according to the statement posted on the ACU’s website on Monday. …

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