High Stakes Security Game
Cambodia’s casino owners need to up the ante on security, the owners of each of the Kingdom’s 61 operating gaming venues were told yesterday at a Phnom Penh meeting called by national police authorities. Lieutenant General Sok Phal, deputy national police commissioner, said that in recent months, national police have observed an increasing amount of criminal activity in the Kingdom’s casino towns. … He said the commissariat had called the meeting – the first of its kind – based on a recommendation made by Prime Minister Hun Sen during his recent five-hour-long speech, in which he singled out casinos dotting the border as a way of preserving Cambodia’s territorial integrity. … [Major General Chhay] Sinarith [chief of the Ministry of Interior’s Internal Security Police Department] said that a draft Law on Casino Control is with the Council of Ministers for review before being sent to the National Assembly for debate. The law would establish severe penalties on casino owners who failed to uphold the law in their casinos. …
