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In bribery, knowledge is power, says paper
A Cambodian-American political scientist has proposed a novel way to tackle corruption in the Kingdom: force bribe-taking bureaucrats to compete with each other. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bribery-knowledge-power-says-paper
More firms sign on to anti-corruption pact
Cambodia’s national corruption watchdog has added two more firms to its list of private sector companies committed to stamping out corruption, a government news source said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-firms-sign-anti-corruption-pact
District officials deny accusations of extortion, corruption
A slew of anonymous graft accusations against two district officials—accompanied by responses of denial—were posted separately to the website of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday, continuing the agency’s recent surge in such exposure. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/district-officials-deny-accusations-of-extortion-corruption-92323/
NGOs call for review of LANGO by Constitutional Council
Opponents of the controversial draft law on associations and NGOs (LANGO) hope that the Constitutional Council can succeed where protests and vote boycotts have failed. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13763/ngos-call-for-review-of-lango-by-constitutional-council/
Company wanted to sell spyware to Cambodia
Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team was working on “potential deals” with customers in several Southeast Asian countries including Cambodia over the past three years, according to internal emails recently released by transparency website Wikileaks. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/company-wanted-to-sell-spyware-to-cambodia-87980/
Anti-corruption card debuts
On Wednesday, Transparency International Cambodia officially launched its Anti-Corruption Card, a tool it plans to use to raise awareness in the fight against corruption nationwide. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12604/anti-corruption-card-debuts/
Young Cambodians embracing graft, survey says
Most Cambodians between the ages of 15 and 30 are prepared to pay bribes to get ahead and many believe they can engage in corruption without losing their integrity, according to the results of a survey released Wednesday by Transparency International Cambodia (TIC). ...
Zsombor Peter and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/young-cambodians-embracing-graft-survey-says-80078/
NGOs to boycott election law workshop
Dozens of NGOs are planning to boycott a workshop Monday to discuss the new election law, saying that the CPP and CNRP have not given them enough time to review the draft and that they do not want to give the event a veneer of ...
Alex Willemyns and Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-to-boycott-workshop-on-election-law-79285/
Parties sign off on final draft of election law
The country’s two major political parties signed off on the final draft of a revised and highly controversial election law on Friday, with civil society groups arguing that the bill is unconstitutional due to a provision that restricts their activity during the election campaign period. ...
Colin Meyn and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-sign-off-on-final-draft-of-election-law-79243/
Siem Reap police chief named as conspirator in corruption case
Siem Reap provincial police chief Sorth Nady has been named as a conspirator in a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) that accuses the provincial force’s personnel chief of soliciting bribes for promotions and embezzling money from salary books. ...