Minor fraud prompts hard prison sentence

28 April 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Anti-corruption / Crime and law enforcement / Education and training / Education policy and administration / Government / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Social development
ACU / Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacific / Anti-Corruption Unit / Kampong Cham Provincial Court / Mang Yusreng

A former civil servant was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison by Kampong Cham Provincial Court for stealing the pensions of 10 retired teachers – a total of $500 – in March 2012. Mang Yusreng, former chief of the Social Affairs Office in Srei Santhor district, was ordered to serve only three years of the total sentence, his defence lawyer, Kea Eav, said. …

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