Fisherman files Anti-Corruption Unit complaint
A fisherman who survived a deadly collision after his boat smashed into a towboat off the south coast earlier this year filed a complaint Tuesday with the Anti-Corruption Unit, accusing a Koh Kong Provincial Court judge and his clerk of corruption after the judge allowed the owner of the towboat to leave prison after paying $10,000. “I filed a complaint against Min Makara, judge of Koh Kong Provincial Court…Soeun Sea, the court’s clerk; and Cheng Monirith, lawyer of the defendant, for corruption,” Chuon Meng, 52, said Thursday. … Contacted Thursday, Judge Makara maintained that the $10,000 payment was part of the Thai national’s bail agreement. “They just paid a bail at the court,” he said. …
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