General Accused of Smuggling $1M In Goods
Military police in Preah Sihanouk province said yesterday that they impounded four trucks carrying retail goods worth about $1 million that a lieutenant general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces had imported from Thailand without paying tax duty. The unpaid import duty amounted to about $100,000, said Kheng Tilto, spokesman for the national military police. “We impounded the four trucks on Sunday on their way from [Koh Kong’s province] Sre Ambel district to Phnom Penh,” said deputy chief prosecutor Hout Vicheat of Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court. … “This made the state loose tax revenue and it also has an impact on other businesses because he can sell goods cheaper than businessmen who pay taxes,” [Kheng Tilto] said. …
