ACU says tainted health officials were never investigated
An official with the government’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said Tuesday that staff there were specifically instructed not to investigate allegations of large-scale bribery inside the Health Ministry so that the unit could settle the case out of court. On Sunday, ACU chief Om Yentieng told reporters that he would not be pursuing charges against any of the former health officials implicated by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in a years-long scheme in which they allegedly took a combined $450,000 in bribes from two multi-national mosquito net providers. Despite a detailed report the Global Fund put out in November, filled with evidence of corruption including numerous emails between the health officials and company representatives, Mr. Yentieng said the ACU lacked enough evidence to pursue convictions. He also said that pushing the case through the courts would only serve to sully the reputations of both the government and the Fund. …
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
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