Market tycoon sent to prison over $140k toilet tax dispute

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court imprisoned a prominent businesswoman who has exclusive rights to collect taxes at a number of Phnom Penh markets Monday over breach of trust charges related to a subcontracting agreement, signed in 2008, to let a business partner collect fees at restrooms in the city’s iconic Central Market. Businessman Ham Mony claims that Roth Sopheap, 52, whose Roth Sensopheap Company controls tax collection from vendors at the Central, Kandal and Prek Pnov markets in Phnom Penh, swindled him out of $140,000. …

Ben Sokhean and Khuon Narim
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