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. ...
